Leanid Ulasiuk
sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment
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.
