Siarhei Samul
sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 26 July 1983
Date of detention: 19 January 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
Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge
Sentence: 2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 21 September 2023
Judge: Tatsiana Shyman, Yulyana Shcherba
Siarhei Samul was convicted under Articles 391, 368, and 369 for ‘insulting a judge’, ‘insulting the President’, and ‘insulting government officials’ and sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a penal colony.
Siarhei was released from prison on September 21, 2023.
On October 20, 2023, the Ministry of Internal Affairs added Siarhei to the "list of extremists".
