Leanid Ulasiuk

sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 6 March 1961

Date of detention: 8 December 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 October 2023

Judge: Volha Smirnova

Prosecutor: Fiodar Mikhanovich

Leanid Ulasiuk was convicted under Part 1 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code ('Contempt of the president of Belarus').

On February 13, 2023, in the Malaryta District Court, Judge Volha Smirnova sentenced Leanid Ulasiuk to 12 months of imprisonment in a general security penal colony. Prosecutor Fiodar Mikhanovich supported the state prosecution.

As reported by the Viasna branch in Brest, Leanid Ulasiuk has been in custody since December 8, 2022. It is known that during the search, a white-red-white flag was seized from him, which appeared in the case file. Leanid Ulasiuk was born in 1961.

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