Mikalai Halaukou
sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 12 December 1991
Date of detention: 30 September 2021
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. 369-1 of the Criminal Code — Discrediting Belarus
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 5 January 2023
Date of release: 2 March 2024
Judge: Tatsiana Sakratarova
Cases: The Zeltser case
Mikalai Halaukou was detained for publishing comments on the internet in connection with the deaths of IT worker Andrei Zeltser and KGB agent Dzmitry Fedasiuk.
He was charged with ‘insulting a government official’, ‘insulting the President’, and ‘discrediting Belarus’ under Articles 369, 368, and 369-1 of the Criminal Code.
On August 29, 2022, the Asipovičy District Court sentenced Halaukou to three years of imprisonment and a fine of 3,400 Belarusian rubles (1,350 US dollars). Judge Tatsiana Sakratarova considered the case behind closed doors.
