Siarhei Litviakou

sentenced to 1 1/2 years

Date of birth: 26 September 1966

Date of detention: 11 November 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 10 May 2023

Siarhei Litviakou was sentenced to 18 months in a general-security penal colony for slandering and insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka (Articles 367 and 368 of the Criminal Code).

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