Siarhei Korsak

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 15 June 1986

Date of detention: 8 June 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 22 March 2024

Judge: Mikalai Kmita

Prosecutor: Vadzim Karachun

Siarhei Korsak was charged under Part 1 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code – “Insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka”.

On August 10, 2023, Baranavichy and Baranavichy District Court found Siarhei guilty and sentenced him to one year in a general-security penal colony.

 

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