Andrei Hryva

sentenced to 2 years in prison

Date of birth: 17 May 1971

Date of detention: 14 July 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 14 July 2023

Judge: Siarhei Budrevich

Prosecutor: Krystsina Matsveyeva

Andrei Hryva is a resident of Viciebsk sentenced to 3 years in a penal colony under Art. 369 (insulting a representative of the authorities), Art. 391 (insulting a judge or lay judge) and Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting the president).

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