Uladzimir Serhienka

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 6 August 1977

Date of detention: 23 June 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 April 2024

Uladzimir Serhienka

Uladzimir Serhienka was detained on June 25 in Vaŭkavysk.

The pro-governmental Telegram channels reported that the man had gone to Poland, from where he had allegedly insulted the police and Lukashenka. He was detained after his return to Belarus.

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