Andrei Bahadziazh

Former prisoner (Recognized ex post facto)

Date of birth: 25 March 1999

Date of detention: 31 May 2022

Charges indicted:

  • 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

Date of release: 1 September 2023

Judge: Aliaksandr Rybakou

Groups: Bloggers

Andrei Bahadziazh was found guilty of insulting Lukashenka (Part 1 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code). On August 25, 2022, he was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment in a penal colony.

According the calculations of human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023.

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