Mikalai Hantsel
sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom
Date of detention: 23 November 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 23 November 2021
Date of release: 29 January 2024
Judge: Dzianis Bareika
Prosecutor: Yuliya Zhuk
Mikalai Hantsel was sentenced by the Maladziečna District Court to two years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting Lukashenka.
The convict was sent to serve his sentence on November 23, 2021.
