Siarhei Paspelau

Prisoner

Date of birth: 30 August 1966

Date of detention: 19 August 2023

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Siarhei Budrevich

Prison: Penal colony No. 22

Siarhei Paspelau was convicted under Article 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting A. Lukashenka. He was sentenced to one year and six months of imprisonment in a penal colony. On 17 October 2023 the case was considered by Judge Siarhei Budrevich.

On 19 January 2024 he was included in the "list of extremists".

Mail address: Penal colony No. 22. 225295, Brest region, Ivacevičy, station Damanava, PO Box 20

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