Uladzimir Kolas

served full term, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 18 June 1989

Date of detention: 14 April 2021

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 high security prison

Date of release: 24 June 2022

Judge: Mikalai Stasevich

Uladzimir Kolas was sentenced by the Ivanava District Court under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting the president) to one and a half years of restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.

The convict was taken into custody on April 3, 2021, to serve the sentence in penitentiary No. 46 in Kruhlaje.

On April 21, 2022, the court of the Kruhlaje district ruled to increase the political prisoner's custody level for "violation of the internal regulations in the institution". Now Uladzimir Kolas will serve his sentence in Mahilioŭ No. 4.

Uladzimir served his sentence in full and was released on 24 June 2022.

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