Andrei Astapenka

Prisoner

Date of detention: 9 June 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Volha Yemelyanchanka

Prison: Prison No. 4

Andrei Astapenka was convicted on charges of insulting a government official (Article 369), insulting a judge (Article 391), and violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies (Article 364). He was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony.

 
Mail address: Prison No. 4. 212011, Mahilioŭ, vulica Krupskaj 99A

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