Valiantsin Shumik

sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 14 November 1985

Date of detention: 9 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code β€” Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 2 July 2022

Date of release: 20 May 2024

Judge: Viktar Novik

Valiantsin Shumik was convicted of ‘desecrating the state symbols’ under Article 370 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 24 months of restricted freedom in an open-type penal facility. He has started to serve his sentence.

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