Sviataslau Shubich

sentenced to 5 years

Prisoner

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.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 17. 213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8

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