Vital Zhuk

served full term, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 27 February 1985

Date of detention: 16 August 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 17 December 2022

Judge: Tatsiana Kaberskaya

Vital Zhuk is a resident of Kobryn sentenced to one year and six months in a penal colony under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting the president.

Zhuk served his sentence in full and was released on December 17, 2022.

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