Kanstantsin Mikhaltsou
sentenced to 3 years in prison
Date of birth: 24 February 1998
Date of detention: 17 June 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 3 March 2024
Judge: Maryna Katsuba
Kanstantsin Mikhaltsou was sentenced on September 22, 2021 by the Rečyca District Court to three years in a penal colony under Art. 364, 342 and 368 of the Criminal Code for participating in a peaceful assembly, insulting the president and obstructing the detention of another participant in a peaceful assembly.
On election night, August 9, 2020, Mikhaltsou tried to prevent the arrest of a peaceful protester. In particular, he allegedly stood on the road to stop police vehicles. In addition, he was convicted of using violence against a police officer from the Rečyca district police department, Dzmitry Harai, and of posting a negative comment against Lukashenka in a Telegram channel.
