Nikolai was found guilty in October 2021 of insulting Lukashenko and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open correctional facility.
According to human rights activists, he was released in the fall of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
Former political prisonersReleased
Mikalai Mikalayevich Hantsel
- Dissidentby since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by Dissidentby
- Viasna since
- Date of recognition as a political prisoner by the Viasna Human Rights Centre
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Sentences
Trial outcome 20.10.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility.Involved in repression
Julia Vladimirovna Bug
MoreState prosecutors17 october 2026
- Place:
- court of Molodechno district
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 20.10.2021
Denis Vasilevich Bareyko
MoreJudges17 february 1994
- Place:
- court of Molodechno district
- Type:
- Court of First Instance
- Date:
- 20.10.2021
- In custody:
- from 23.11.2021 to 23.11.2023
- Hometown:
- Maladzyechna
- Was held in:
- IUOT-48, Osipovichi, ul. Sumchenko, 38, 213763
- Articles:
- Insulting the president
Timeline
- 2021
20.10.2021
Trial outcome 20.10.2021
2 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, court of Molodechno district
23.11.2021
Transfer
IUOT-48 — Penal labor facility
- 2023
23.11.2023
Status change
Released