Vital Markusheuski

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 19 April 1988

Date of detention: 7 November 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 7 November 2021

Judge: Uladzimir Pazniak

Vital Markusheuski was sentenced to two years and six months of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary (“khimiya”) under Art. 367 of the Criminal Code for insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka.

He started serving his sentence in the Open correctional facility No. 43 on November 7, 2021.

In early 2024 he was released from prison.

 

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