The man was accused of leaving a comment in Belarusian in the corporate chat of one of the social networks of a large freight transportation company, in which he explained that: “our flag is white-red-white”; and called today’s: “sunrise over a swamp.”
Pavel wrote the comment while he was in Western Europe on a flight after which he returned to Belarus.
Pavel Dubov from Minsk, married, has a child under three. The man filed an appeal against the sentence to the regional court.
According to human rights activists , he was released in the summer of 2024, having fully served his sentence as determined by the court.
