Aliaksandr Tuchkou

sentenced to 2 years imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 18 June 1986

Date of detention: 9 January 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: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Natallia Krashkina

Aliaksandr Tuchkou was arrested on January 9, 2023.

He was convicted under Part 1 of Article 368 (Contempt of the President of Belarus) and Article 369 (Contempt of a public official) of the Criminal Code.

On March 31, 2023, in the Kastryčnicki District Court of Mahilioŭ, Judge Natallia Krashkina sentenced him to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

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