Viachaslau Rodzin

Sentenced to 1 1/2 years of freedom restriction

Date of detention: 29 November 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code β€” Insulting a government official

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 1 April 2023

Judge: Alena Novikava

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 9

Viachaslau Rodzin was convicted on January 31, 2023, under Article 369 of the Criminal Code ('Contempt of a public official').

Since April 1, 2023, he has been serving his sentence in open-type penal colony #9 in Viciebsk.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 9. 210034, Vitebsk, street 3rd Chepinskaya, 39

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