Siarhei Ilyushenka

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Date of detention: 27 September 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting a government official

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

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

Judge: Tatsiana Rodzina

Prosecutor: Natallia Hauryliuk

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 36

Siarhei Ilyushenka was sentenced in Viciebsk to 2 ½ years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for publicly insulting a representative of the authorities on the Vkontakte social media.

The convict was sent to serve the sentence.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 36. 220039, Minsk, Korotkevicha str., 14

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