Mikhail Bashkatau

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 4 March 1989

Date of detention: 21 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 21 March 2022

Date of release: 20 March 2024

Judge: Henadz Mazaila

In January 2022, the Leninsky district court of Grodno sentenced Mikhail Bashkatau to two (2) years of imprisonment at an open-type correctional facility for insulting a police officer (Article 369 of the Criminal Code).

He has been serving his sentence since 21 March 2022.

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