Yauhen Miras

sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of detention: 31 January 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Dzmitryi Hvozd

Prosecutor: Alena Kamenka

Yauhen Miras is 31 year old. He is from Niasviž. He was accused of insulting Lukashenka under to Part 1 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code ('Contempt of the president of Belarus').

On January 31, 2023, the Niasviž District Court found Miras guilty and sentenced him to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. The case was considered by Judge Dzmitryi Hvozd, with Alena Kamenka as the state prosecutor.

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