Yuliya Kastsiuchenka
sentenced to 1 year imprisonment
Date of birth: 5 August 1995
Date of detention: 22 January 2023
Charges indicted:
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 2 December 2023
Judge: Iryna Pradun
Yuliya Kastsiuchenka, a villager, was convicted of having posted texts and videos that "contain an insult to the president" on her publicly available Instagram page.
On March 22, 2023, in the Rahačoŭ District Court, Judge Iryna Pradun found her guilty under Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code ('Contempt of the President of Belarus') and sentenced her to 12 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony with confiscation of her mobile phone.
