Mikalai Davydau
sentenced to 2 years imprisonment
Date of birth: 1 April 1977
Date of detention: 3 January 2023
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 20 September 2023
Judge: Aliaksei Khlyshchankou
Prison: Penal colony No. 3
Mikalai Davydau was sentenced under Article 369 ('Contempt of a public official'), Part 1 of Article 368 ('Contempt of the President of Belarus'), and Part 1 of Article 130 ('Inciting other social hatred or enmity'). Judge Aliaksei Khlyshchankou tried the case.
Before his arrest, Mikalai Davydau worked as a leading design engineer at Gomselmash, a major Belarusian agricultural machinery producer.
On April 11, 2023, the Homieĺ Regional Court sentenced Davydau to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony and 2,000 Belarusian rubles (approx, $676) in compensation for moral damages.
