Siarhei Zakharanka

sentenced to 2 years

Date of birth: 7 November 1982

Date of detention: 17 January 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting a government official

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 17 January 2022

Date of release: 20 February 2024

Judge: Aliaksandr Zinchuk

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Asadchy

Siarhei Zakharanka was sentenced to 24 months of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for insulting a government official.

He started to serve his sentence on January 17, 2022.

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