Mikhail Prach

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Date of birth: 26 March 1982

Date of detention: 20 October 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 341 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of structures and damage to property
Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 20 October 2021

Date of release: 1 April 2023

Judge: Dzmitry Kapliy

Mikhail Prach was sentenced to one year and six months of restricted freedom under Art. 341 and 391 of the Criminal Code for painting protest slogans and insulting a judge.

The man was found guilty of spray-painting 13 red triangles with Belarusian folk ornaments on a bus shelter.

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