Andrei Kachaharau

Former political prisoner

Date of birth: 5 August 1987

Date of detention: 1 October 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: unknown

Date of release: 20 September 2024

Judge: Vera Halaukova

Cases: The Zeltser case

Andrei Kachaharau was detained in Minsk for publishing comments on the Internet in connection with the deaths of IT worker Andrei Zeltser and KGB agent Dzmitry Fedasiuk.

Addresses of prisons:

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  • Pre-trial detention center No. 1
    223016, Navadvorski selsavet, 143/4, v. Pashkovichy, Minsk rajon, Minsk voblast
    54 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 7
    224030, Brest, vulica Savieckich pamiežnikaŭ 37
    18 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 8
    222163, Žodzina, vulica Savieckaja 22A
    26 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 6
    225413, Baranavičy, vulica Bresckaja 258B
    3 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center of KGB
    220050, Minsk, Main Post Office, subscriber box 8
    4 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 3
    246003, Homieĺ, vulica Knižnaja 1A
    14 political prisoners
  • Prison No. 1
    230023, Hrodna, vulica Kirava 1
    23 political prisoners
  • Prison No. 4
    212011, Mahilioŭ, vulica Krupskaj 99A
    49 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 17
    213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8
    77 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 9
    213410, Horki, vulica Dabraliubava 16
    8 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 2
    213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1
    54 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 2
    210026, Viciebsk, vulica Haharyna 2
    11 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 1
    211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8
    86 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 49
    213010, Škloŭ, vulica Maladziožnaja 2B
    6 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 3
    211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba
    90 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 15
    213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183
    106 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 39
    222002, Krupki district, Krupki-2
    5 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 46
    213188, Kruhlaje, vulica Savieckaja, 96
    4 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 13
    211793, Hlubokaje, Saveckaja 205
    2 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 29
    230415, Vaŭkavysk, vulica Rakasouskaha 118
    2 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 48
    213765, Asipovičy, vulica Sumchanki 38
    1 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 43
    212003, Mahilioŭ, vulica Čaliuskincaŭ 76a
    6 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 4
    246035, Homieĺ, vulica Antoshkina 3
    111 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 14
    222125, Minsk region, Barysaŭ district, s.n.p. Navasady, vulica Miru 1a
    13 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 22
    225295, Brest region, Ivacevičy, station Damanava, PO Box 20
    64 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 7
    225136, Pružany district, Kuplina
    3 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 17
    246020, Homiel, vul. Barysenka, 13, building 2
    5 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 9
    210034, Vitebsk, street 3rd Chepinskaya, 39
    7 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 45
    225073, Brest region, Kamenetsky district, Sushki
    2 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 6
    225889, Brest region, Kobrin district, Lushchyky
    5 political prisoners
  • Scientific And Practical Center For Mental Health
    220053, Minsk, Daŭhinaŭski trakt 152
    2 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 21
    247783, Mazyr, buĺvar Junactva, 24
    10 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 11
    231900, Volkovysk, Rokossovsky str., 118
    13 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 47
    213470, Mogilev region, Mstislavl, Kalinina str., 31
    1 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 24
    230025, Grodno, Lidskaya str. 29 b
    6 political prisoners
  • Released awaiting the commencement of the sentence
    39 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 20
    247755, Homieĺ region, Mazyr district, Michalkoŭski sieĺsaviet, 70
    11 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 8
    211388, Viciebskaja vobl., Orša, vul. Lienina, 195A
    9 political prisoners
  • Pre-trial detention center No. 5
    213826, Babrujsk, 1-y Pierajezny zavulak, 10
    3 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 25
    231707, Hrodna, vulica Lienina 12a
    2 political prisoners
  • Penal colony No. 24
    247526, vulica Vytvorčaja, 44, Zarečča, Rečyca district, Homieĺ region
    4 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 36
    220039, Minsk, Korotkevicha str., 14
    6 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 55
    220021, Minsk, vulica Sacyjalistyčnaja, 7
    3 political prisoners
  • Open correctional facility No. 51
    220118, g. Minsk, vul. Kabushkina, 54A
    2 political prisoners
  • Temporary detention facility of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Rechitsa District Executive Committee
    247483, Homielskaja vobl., g. Rechitsa, vul. Savieckaja, 35
    1 political prisoners

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