Valery Tumilevich

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 14 April 1989

Date of detention: 17 July 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

Date of release: 18 December 2023

Judge: Aliaksandr Mishurau

Valery Tumilevich was taken into custody under Article 368 of the Criminal Code for ‘insulting the president.’

On September 27, 2022, the Lida District Court considered the criminal case of the political prisoner: Judge Aliaksandr Mishurau found Tumilevich guilty and sentenced him to 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

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