Yury Shcharbak

Prisoner

Date of birth: 11 September 1964

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: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Mikalai Siarheika

Prison: Penal colony No. 17

Yury Shcharbak was sentenced to one year and six months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under Part 1 of Article 367 (Slander against Lukashenka) and Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code (Insulting Lukashenka).

The case was heard by Judge Mikalai Siarheika on March 24, 2023.

Yury is currently serving his sentence in penal colony No. 17.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 17. 213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8

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