Andrei Khanevich
Date of detention: 16 November 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities
Art. 369-1 of the Criminal Code — Discrediting Belarus
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 23 February 2023
Judge: Vital Kulesh
Prison: Penal colony No. 1
Andrei Khanevich worked as an equipment operator at Grodno Azot factory. He was convicted under Art 369-1 (discrediting the Republic of Belarus) and Art 361-4 (promotion of extremist activity) of the Criminal Code.
On November 16, 2022 Judge of Hrodna Regional Court Vital Kulesh found Andrei Khanevich guilty and sentenced him to five years of imprisonment.
Mail address: Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8