Vasil Hlushakou

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Date of birth: 8 February 1963

Date of detention: 15 September 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 15 September 2021

Date of release: 10 March 2023

Judge: Alena Hrabianchuk

Vasil Hlushakou was sentenced by the Čyhunačny District Court of Viciebsk to one year and six months of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for insulting a police officer.

The convict was sent to serve his sentence.

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