Yauhen Salauyou
sentenced to 9 months
Date of birth: 13 February 1971
Date of detention: 17 November 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 9 months
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 17 November 2021
Date of release: 16 July 2022
Yauhen Salauyou was convicted on November 17, 2021, by the Navabielicki District Court of Homieĺ under Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code (Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus). The reason was that Yauhen Salauyou while being intoxicated called the police and, as the court found, insulted the President.
He was sentenced to 9 months in a general-security penal colony.
