Aliaksandr Maliauka

convicted

Prisoner

Date of birth: 1 August 1961

Date of detention: 1 June 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 1 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Aksana Zotkina

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Aliaksandr Maliauka is 61 years old. He was convicted by the Hancavičy District Court (Brest region) under Part 1 of Article 368 ('Contempt of the president of Belarus') and Article 370 ('Desecration of the state symbols') of the Criminal Code. Judge Aksana Zotkina considered the case from April 27 to June 1, 2023.

Pro-government Telegram channels reported that Maliauka posted insulting messages about Lukashenka and expressed support for Ukraine in the war with Russia.

On July 20, 2023, Aliaksandr Maliauka was included in the 'List of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens, and stateless persons involved in extremist activities'.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 2. 213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1

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