Yauhen Shpilkou

sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom

Date of birth: 15 May 1990

Date of detention: 22 October 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 22 October 2021

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 55

Yauhen Shpilkou was sentenced to two years of restricted freedom under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for publicly insulting a government official. The sentence was handed down by the court of the Karma district.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 55. 220021, Minsk, vulica Sacyjalistyčnaja, 7

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