Valery Yeliseyeu

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 5 May 1969

Date of detention: 5 April 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 4 July 2022

Date of release: 3 January 2024

Judge: Alena Zhuk

Prosecutor: Aliaksei Bizunou

Valery Yeliseyeu was found guilty under Article 369 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 1 year and 6 months of restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

On January 3, 2024, he was scheduled to be released from prison at the end of his sentence.

 

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