Dzmitryi Adarachkin

sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment in penal colony

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 21 November 1977

Date of detention: 15 October 2021

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

Date of release: 19 September 2023

Judge: Alena Nitsyjeuskaja

Dzmitryi Adarachkin is from the town of Vietka, Homieĺ region. He was convicted under two articles of the Criminal Code: Part 1 of Article 368 ('Insulting the President of Belarus') and Article 369 ('Insulting a government official').

The verdict was handed down in October 2021, in the Vietka District Court. The judge  Alena Nitsyjeuskaja sentenced Adarachkin to 24 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

At the moment, he is serving his sentence in penal colony #1.

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