Uladzimir Turnou

sentenced to restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 11 December 1993

Date of detention: 10 January 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting a government official

Sentence: 1 year and 5 months

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Date of release: 25 June 2023

Judge: Viktoryia Dvaretskaya

Uladzimir Turnou was convicted under Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Belarus ('Contempt of a public official').

He was included in the 'List of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens, and stateless persons involved in extremist activities'.

Turnou is serving his sentence in open-type penal colony #6 (in the Brest region).

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