Viktar Sabaleuski

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of freedom restriction under home confinement

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 16 November 1969

Date of detention: 3 April 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Judge: Yulyana Shcherba

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Viktar Sabaleuski was arrested in late March 2023. He was charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code ('Active participation in actions grossly disrupting public order').

He was in Prison #8 in Žodzina, Minsk region.

On July 20, 2023, in the Centraĺny District Сourt of Minsk, Judge Yulyana Shcherba sentenced the political prisoner to 2 years and 6 months of freedom restriction under home confinement. He was released from custody in the courtroom.

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