Siarhei Velikarodny

served full term, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 10 March 1980

Date of detention: 21 July 2020

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

Prison sentence start date: 22 March 2021

Date of release: 8 August 2022

Siarhei Velikarodnau was convicted in a criminal trial for "insulting the president" (Article 368 of the Criminal Code).

He was sentenced to one year and six months in a general-security penal colony.

The political prisoner served his sentence in full and was released on August 8, 2022.

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