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Mikhail Laban

Mikhail Laban, a jeweler, was detained on February 17, 2022, and charged with insulting a government official and the President of the Republic of Belarus, slander against the President, and financing the activities of an extremist group. He was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment in a general-security prison on May 20, 2022.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 26, 2026

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