Ihar Shkirau

Prisoner

Date of birth: 7 February 1984

Date of detention: 21 June 2023

Charges indicted:

  • 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: Anatol Zianko

Prison: Penal colony No. 1

Ihar Shkirau

On September 22, 2023, Ihar Shkirau was sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting Lukashenka) .

Ihar's case  was considered by Judge Anatol Zianko at Valozhyn District Court.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8

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