Yury Vauchkevich
Prisoner
Date of birth: 22 September 1985
Date of detention: 9 January 2024
Charges indicted:
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Natallia Horbach
Yury Vauchkevich was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 368 (insulting Lukashenka). On March 27, 2024, he was sentenced to one year in a penal colony. Furthermore, he will be involuntarily treated for chronic alcoholism.
On April 19, 2024, he was included in the list of extremists.
