Andrei Kachaharau

Former 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.

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