Aliaksei Ivanchyk

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment

Date of birth: 29 December 1973

Date of detention: 27 February 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Aliaksei Ivanchyk was convicted of ‘violence against an employee of internal affairs bodies’ and sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony under Article 364 of the Criminal Code. Ivanchyk tried to escape a police officer who was going to arrest him because of his criticism of the election commission members who failed to provide conditions for secret voting and his anti-war statements. Ivanchyk’s actions did not cause any injuries to the officer.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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