Valeryi Sivuk
sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 26 December 1968
Date of detention: 18 August 2022
Charges indicted:
- 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
Prison sentence start date: 23 January 2023
Date of release: 3 December 2023
Judge: Ruslan Huryn
Valeryi Sivuk was convicted of ‘insulting’ and ‘slandering the president’ under Part 1 of Article 368 and Article 188 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment in a penal colony.
