Dobrush rapper may face imprisonment for song insulting Lukashenka


Rapper Yauhen Pyatrou.
Photo: Homielskaya Viasna

22-year-old Yauhen Pyatrou started to be tried in Dobrush district court (Homiel region).

He is accused of insulting the president (Article 368 of the Criminal Code) for the creation of a song containing the words ‘You put Syarozha [Tsikhanouski] in jail. Lukashenka, are you a w*nker?’, Homielskaya Viasna reports. The case is being considered behind closed doors by judge Lukyanava, prosecutor Dubautsova.

Yauhen Pyatrou does not admit guilt. According to him, the song he wrote last year during the 2020 election campaign did not contain any insults, because after the insulting word there was a question mark. In the song, there was just a question about the mental abilities of the Belarusian leader, he said. But linguists studied the text and found that it was nothing but insulting Lukashenka.

On August 23, Tsentralny district court of Homiel passed a guilty verdict in the case of local resident Syarhei Balakhonau. He was sentenced to one year in a minimum security penal colony for sharing the song ‘Lukashenka, Step Down’ by rapper Nokrolik on Vkontakte social network.

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