Sviataslau Shubich
sentenced to 5 years
Date of birth: 16 November 1991
Date of detention: 15 October 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Part 1 of Art. 328 of the Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs without the purpose of sale
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison: Penal colony No. 17
Sviataslau Shubich was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code for publications on social networks, Article 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting A. Lukashenko, Part 1 of Article 328 of the Criminal Code for possession of a small amount of drugs without the intent to sell. By the combination of three sentences, he was finally sentenced to 5 years in a penal colony.
