Yauhen Velesik

Prisoner

Date of birth: 2 November 1987

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Hanna Chyleka

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Yauhen Velesik was convicted under Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting A. Lukashenka) and Article 367 of the Criminal Code (slander against A. Lukashenka). He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

He was included in the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 2. 213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1

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