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.