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Belarusian imprisoned for 2 years for naked selfie

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Belarusian imprisoned for 2 years for naked selfie

The court of Baranavichy sentenced Aleh, 27, to two years of imprisonment for posting his nude photo on a social networking website.

Pictures on Aleh's page on Vkontakte were found by a special department of the Interior Ministry responsible for control over order on the Internet, the BBC Russian Service reports.

The young man cooperated with investigators and explained to the prosecutor he had photographed himself with a mobile phone and posted the photo to attract attention of a girl.

The criminal case includes three other counts relating to posting “pornography” on the social networking site: videos, photographs and films, which Aleh copied from pages of other users.

“He is punished in accordance with article 343 (part 2) of the Criminal Code of Belarus for storing with the aim of advertising and the advertising of materials of pornographic character,” judge Siarhei Danilchyk says.

The judge says he earlier heard similar cases, but people usually repent and receive fines.

Aleh, 27, had been tried under the same article in 2012.

The court decision, which was announced on April 22, can be appealed against within 10 days.

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