Pavel Yanchuk
sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment
Date of birth: 21 December 1987
Date of detention: 6 March 2023
Charges indicted:
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: 18 February 2024
Judge: Ina Klyshpach
Prosecutor: Anton Hlinski
Pavel Yanchuk is from the Kamianiec district (Brest region) and lives in Brest. He was arrested and remanded in custody pending trial for his one-word disrespectful comment under a satirical post about Lukashenka in a Telegram chatroom.
On June 1, 2023, the Maskoŭski District Court of Brest tried him Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code ('Contempt of the president of Belarus') and sentenced him to 12 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. Judge Ina Klyshpach considered the case, with Anton Hlinski as the prosecutor.
