Viktar Khliabets

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 30 November 1981

Date of detention: 26 February 2022

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 17 May 2023

Judge: Natallia Vakulchyk

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Krutsko

Notes: Health issues

Cases: The Zeltser case

Viktar Khliabets

Viktar Khliabets was convicted of ‘insulting a government official’ under Article 369 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 12 months of imprisonment in a penal colony.

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