Yury Holik

sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Date of birth: 23 March 1983

Date of detention: 2 May 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 367 of the Criminal Code β€” Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 3 March 2024

Judge: Henadz Kudlasevich

Yuryi Holik was convicted of ‘slandering Aliaksandr Lukashenka’ under Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code. He was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a penal colony.

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