Siarhei Batura
sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 20 April 1974
Date of detention: 6 June 2021
Charges indicted:
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 31 July 2023
Siarhei Batura was arrested in early June 2021 while pasting leaflets with the image of Aliaksandr Lukashenka.
On November 18, 2021, he was sentenced by the Lieninski District Court of Mahilioŭ to two years and six months in prison under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code ("insulting the president").
