Uladzislau Tsimashchuk

barber sentenced to 3 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 8 August 1997

Date of detention: 3 May 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 December 2023

Judge: Ihar Ziamtsou

Uladzislau Tsimashchuk is a barber from Pietrykaŭ. 

Uladzislau was sentenced to three years in a penal colony under Art. 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement to hatred) for posting on social media.

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