Siarhei Paulovich
sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 24 July 1983
Date of detention: 9 February 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 1 December 2023
Judge: Natallia Dziadkova
Siarhei Paulovich was detained on December 13, 2022, in an administrative case. At first, he was sentenced to 15 days of administrative imprisonment, then another 12, but instead of being released after he served his term he was redetained in a criminal case on insulting comments on the Internet (Article 369 of the Criminal Code).
Since February 9, 2022, he is being held in pre-trial detention center.
On June 20, 2022, the court found Siarhei guilty and sentenced him to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony and fined 200 basic units.
