Aleh Kekukh

Prisoner

Date of birth: 11 May 1983

Date of detention: 27 January 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Yuryi Kazakevich

Aleh Kekukh was sentenced to three years of "khimiya" under Article 369 of the Criminal Code. The trial took place on January 27, 2022.

A hearing to increase Aleh's sentence was held in the summer of 2023. Subsequently, on September 5, 2023, Aleh was transferred to a detention center.

      He is included in the list of individuals involved in extremist activities.

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