Valiantsin Shumik

sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom

Date of birth: 14 November 1985

Date of detention: 9 March 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 2 July 2022

Judge: Viktar Novik

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 48

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.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 48. 213765, Asipovičy, vulica Sumchanki 38

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