Uladzimir Shymchuk
sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 4 August 1978
Date of detention: 8 August 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 7 January 2024
Uladzimir Shymchuk was convicted of ‘insulting the president’ and ‘desecrating state symbols’ under Part 1 of Article 368 and Article 370 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment in a penal colony.
