Andrei Kliutchenia

sentenced to 2 years

Date of birth: 21 February 1989

Date of detention: 16 November 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 28 August 2023

Judge: Aliaksandr Volk

Andrei Kliutchenia was detained on November 16, 2021, after his house was searched. 

On March 17, 2022, the Saviecki District Court of Minsk Judge Aliaksandr Volk sentenced Andrei and Siarhei Kliutchenia to two years in a penal colony. They were tried for participation in protests under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order or active participation in them).

The political prisoner served his sentence in full and was released from jail.

 

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