Kiryl Zhaludok

sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 16 March 1987

Date of detention: 8 August 2022

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

Date of release: 1 August 2023

Judge: Ruslan Huryn

Groups: Cultural workers

Kiryl Zhaludok from Hrodna was detained on 8 August 2022, based on charges of insulting Lukashenka (Article 368 of the Criminal Code). He was placed in pre-trial detention.

Zhaludok is interested in music. He is a singer, a poet, and a DJ.

On December 8, 2022, Judge Ruslan Huryn of the Lieninski district court of Hrodna found the political prisoner guilty and sentenced him to 12 months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

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