Pavel Svirbutovich
sentenced to 2 1/2 years of penal colony
Prisoner
Date of detention: 27 July 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Dzmitryi Kedal
Prison: Penal colony No. 2
Groups: Businessmen
Pavel Svirbutovich has a higher education. He managed a hotel for pets in Hrodna.
On December 22, 2022, in the Akciabrski District Court of Hrodna, he was convicted under Part 2 of Art. 367 ('Defamation against the president of Belarus') and Part 2 of Art. 368 ('Insulting the president of Belarus') of the Criminal Code. Judge Dzmitryi Kedal sentenced Svirbutovich to two years and six months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.