Matfei Haurylenka

released awaiting sentence commencement

Date of birth: 28 March 2001

Date of detention: 27 December 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Date of release: 12 January 2024

Matfei Haurylenka was detained on December 21, 2021, after his apartment was searched.

After being in a temporary detention center he was transferred to the pre-trial detention center and charged under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Group actions grossly violating public order).

On March 24, 2022, the court found Matfei guilty and sentenced him to two years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility. The guy was released awaiting the commencement of the sentence.

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