Andrei Filipchyk
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 17 July 1990
Date of detention: 1 February 2023
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 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")
Date of release: 3 May 2023
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Groups: Telegram channel administrators
Andrei Filipchyk administered an entertaining Telegram chat promoting Belarusian. He was detained by GUBAZIK (Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption), and on February 2, 2023, they posted a "repentance" video with him.
Filipchyk was charged with 'active participation in group actions grossly breaching public order' (Article 342 of the Criminal Code). He was placed in a pre-trial detention center.
