Yury Basalai
worker, sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment
Date of detention: 1 March 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Part 1 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs without the purpose of sale
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Aliaksandr Kirylovich
Yury Basalai was convicted under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of ‘insulting an employee of internal affairs bodies’ and under Part 1 of Article 328 of the Criminal Code of ‘possession of a small amount of wild cannabis’ and sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment.
It is known, that Basalai was again accused of ‘insulting a government official’ under Article 369 of the Criminal Code. On August 22, 2022, Judge of the Lieninski District Court of Minsk Tatsiana Shotik found the political prisoner guilty and handed down a final sentence of 2.5 years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony in accordance with the concurrent sentencing rules.
