Pensioner From Sviatlahorsk District Faces Criminal Case For “Insulting Police Officers”

Reform.news Editorial Team · 23 September 2026, 12:31

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A criminal case has been opened against a 72-year-old pensioner from Sviatlahorsk District under the article on publicly insulting a government official (Article 369 of the Criminal Code).

The Homiel Regional Executive Committee’s Department of Internal Affairs claims that the woman posted on social media a publication “containing an insult against district police inspectors of the Sviatlahorsk District Department of Internal Affairs.”