Yury Vauchkevich

Prisoner

Date of birth: 22 September 1985

Date of detention: 9 January 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Natallia Horbach

Yury Vauchkevich was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka). On March 27, 2024, he was sentenced to one year in a penal colony. Furthermore, he will be involuntarily treated for chronic alcoholism.

      On April 19, 2024, he was included in the list of extremists.

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