Andrei Karpenka

sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment in penal colony

Prisoner

Date of birth: 12 December 1995

Date of detention: 14 October 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Hanna Sakalova

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Cases: Protests in Homieĺ

Andrey Karpenka

On January 25, 2023, the Čyhunačny District Court of Gomel convicted Andrei Karpenka under Part 2 of Art. 367 ('Slander against the president of Belarus') and Part 1 of Art. 342 ('Organization and preparation of actions grossly breaching public order, or active participation in them') of the Criminal Code. Judge Hanna Sakalova sentenced Karpenka to three years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

The trial was held behind closed doors, therefore the details of the case are not known.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 3. 211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba

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