Natallia Malets

sentenced to 1 year

Date of birth: 1 September 1978

Date of detention: 15 February 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 28 December 2022

Natallia Malets was detained on February 15, 2022, in Hrodna. She was sentenced to 12 months of imprisonment in a penal colony under Articles 368 (insulting the President) and 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official).

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