Barys Kaizer

sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 22 November 1989

Date of detention: 24 August 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 15 months

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 20 October 2023

Judge: Stanislau Ivaniutsenka

Notes: War in Ukraine

Barys Kaizer was convicted of ‘insulting the President’ under Article 368 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment.

The political prisoner was released on October 20, 2023.

 

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