Viktar Pytsko

sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of detention: 20 September 2021

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 2 years

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

Date of release: 20 September 2023

Judge: Dzmitry Vasiuk

Prosecutor: Miadkova

Viktar Pytsko was sentenced in Liepieĺ to 2 ½ years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code for publicly insulting a police officer on the Odnoklassniki social media.

The convict was sent to serve the sentence.

In September 2023 Viktar served his sentence in full and was released from jail.

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