Siarhei Chyzh
Former 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
Date of release: 7 November 2024
Judge: Natallia Kozel
Notes: Pardon / amnesty
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.
