Pavel Laryn

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 16 September 1974

Date of detention: 14 June 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 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 15 September 2023

Judge: Tatsiana Pirozhnikava

Notes: Parents of three or more children

Pavel Laryn was detained in a criminal case under Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting the president) and Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official).

On 22 September 2022, the Maskouski District Court of Minsk sentenced Pavel Laryn to a year and a half of imprisonment.

In September 2023, Pavel was released from jail. 

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