Vital Boyka

Date of birth: 17 July 1984

Date of detention: 11 December 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 11 December 2021

Date of release: 10 December 2023

Judge: Liudmila Rubasheuskaya

Vital Boyka was sentenced by the Žabinka District Court of the Brest Region to two years of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary under Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (Insult of a government official) and Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (Insult of the President).

He started serveing his sentence on December 11, 2021.

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