Vasil Chykh

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Date of birth: 13 January 1981

Date of detention: 19 July 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 369-1 of the Criminal Code β€” Discrediting Belarus

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 3 January 2024

Judge: Siarhei Maruchak

Vasil Chykh is convicted of ‘discrediting the Republic of Belarus’ under Article 369-1 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

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