Mikalai Sasnouski

Date of birth: 13 December 1968

Date of detention: 18 November 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting a government official

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 18 November 2021

Mikalai Sasnouski is a resident of Orša, sentenced to 18 months of restricted freedom for his comment on a social network regarding a traffic police officer Volnich (Article 369 of the Criminal Code) and sent to an open penitentiary.

He started to serve his sentence on November 18, 2021.

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