Siarhei Bankou
sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom
Date of birth: 3 October 1980
Date of detention: 7 July 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 7 July 2021
Date of release: 28 October 2023
Judge: Aliaksandr Khaladtsou
Siarhei Bankou was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open correctional institution (“khimiya”) under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for insulting an official.
Bankou allegedly insulted a police officer by posting a comment on the Odnoklassniki social media site.
The convict was sent to serve his sentence on July 7, 2021.
Bankou served out his sentence and was released from prison in the autumn of 2023.
