Raman Samoilenka

sentenced to freedom restriction

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 18 June 1977

Date of detention: 2 May 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: unknown

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

Date of release: 10 June 2023

Raman Samoilenka was convicted under Article 369 ('Contempt of a public official') and sentenced to freedom restriction with a referral to an open-type penal facility. The details of the verdict are to be clarified.

Samoilenka is serving his sentence in open-type penal facility #29 in Vaŭkavysk, Hrodna region.

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