Siarhei Chyzh

Prisoner (Recognized ex post facto)

Date of birth: 19 October 1980

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 3 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 30 March 2024

Judge: Natallia Kozel

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 49

Cases: Protests in Hrodna

Tatsiana Chyzh and Siarhei Chyzh were convicted under Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code (slandering Lukashenka). The case was considered by Judge Natallia Kozel on February 12-26, 2024. 

The couple was arrested in November 2023. 

The court sentenced Siarhei to three years of restricted liberty in an open correctional institution ("khimiya"). And Tatsiana was sentenced to three years of restricted liberty without transfer to an open correctional institution.

On March 30, 2024, he began to serve his sentence in open correctional institution No. 49.

On March 22, 2024, he was added to the list of extremists by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 49. 213010, Škloŭ, vulica Maladziožnaja 2B

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