Mikhail Kasiakou

Date of birth: 15 June 1970

Date of detention: 15 July 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Yauhen Sharshniou

Mikhail Kasiakou was found guilty under Article 368 ("insulting Lukashenka") and Article 370 of the Criminal Code ("desecrating state symbols") and sentened to two years of imprisonment.

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