Zmitser Shalak

Prisoner

Date of detention: 8 December 2023

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: 3 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Vital Lapko, Tatsiana Khrypach

Groups: Cultural workers

Zmitser Shalak

Zmitser Shalak was convicted under Articles 368 and 369 of the Criminal Code for insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka and a government official. Judge Tatsiana Khrypach sentenced him to three years and six months of imprisonment in a penal colony.

 

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