Aleh Silich

Prisoner

Date of birth: 19 August 1972

Date of detention: 17 October 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty

Sentence: 3 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 9 February 2024

Judge: Dzmitryi Karsiuk

Prison: Penal colony No. 17

Aleh Silich was arrested on October 17, 2023, under three Articles of the Criminal Code: Article 364 (Violence or threat of violence against a law enforcement officer), Article 366 (Violence or threat of violence against an official performing public duties), and Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka). 

Aleh is currently being held in a pre-trial detention center.

 
Mail address: Penal colony No. 17. 213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8

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