Former political prisonersReleased

Artem Yurievich Koloshuk

Dissidentby
Viasna

According to the case materials , in the fall-winter of 2020, Koloshuk left three comments in the telegram channel “Couloirs KUKU”.

On November 17, he, “sharing the ideas of social intolerance towards government officials,” spoke negatively about Alexander Lukashenko.

On December 8, as the court found, Koloshuk insulted the judge of the Frunzensky district court, Krevskaya, in comments, and two days later, the prosecutor of the Gomel region, Viktor Morozov.

January 15, 2021 in the telegram channel “MCB. May Country Belarus” Artyom Koloshuk left a negative review about the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus Pavel Muraveiko.

It is known that before his arrest, Koloshuk lived with his grandmother and worked in Moscow. He also has health problems - he cannot hear in one ear.

According to human rights activists, he will be released in the winter of 2024 , having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.

Sentences

Trial outcome 20.10.2022

1). 8 months years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

2). 2 years and 8 months of freedom restriction with referral to an open-type correctional facility.

Taking into account the previous punishment, in the form of 8 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony, the final sentence is 2 years of imprisonment in a penal colony of general regime.

From the day of detention, on May 5, Koloshuk will be credited with days of stay in jail for a day and a half.

Artem Yurievich Koloshuk
In custody:
Hometown:
Mogilev
Birthday:
18.04.1995
Was held in:
Turma №4, Mogilev, Krupskaya 99A, 212011
Health problems:
Weak hearing or deafness
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