Aliaksandr Kandratsyeu

Prisoner

Date of detention: 14 August 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Alena Zhyvitsa

Aliaksandr Kandratsyeu was arrested on August 14, 2023, for violating Article 370 of the Criminal Code (desecration of state symbols).

On September 28, 2023, Aliaksandr was found guilty and sentenced to one year of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. The verdict was issued by Judge Alena Zhyvitsa

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