Vadzim Kaushou

sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of detention: 3 April 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 25 August 2023

Judge: Aliaksei Krapachou

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Vadzim Kaushou was convicted of "insulting Lukashenka" under Article 368 of the Criminal Code ('Contempt of the president of Belarus') and sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 2. 213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1

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