Viktar Nestserau

sentenced to 1 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 25 July 1979

Date of detention: 1 June 2022

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: 1 June 2022

Date of release: 3 January 2024

Judge: Maryna Katsuba

Viktar Nestserau was convicted by the Rečyca District Court on December 1, 2021, for ‘insulting a police officer’ on a social network and sentenced to 18 months of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility.

On June 1, 2022, he began serving his sentence.

He was scheduled to be released in early 2024.

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