Andrei Krauchuk

sentenced to 6 years imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 10 November 1987

Date of detention: 14 January 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
  • Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge
  • art. 188 of the Criminal Code — Defamation
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 6 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 10 January 2023

Judge: Anastasiya Papko

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

Andrei Krauchuk was convicted under Part 1 of Article 130 ('Inciting hated'), Article 188 ('Defamation'), Parts 1 and 2 of Article 367 ('Slander against the President of Belarus'), Part 1 of Article 368 ('Contempt of the President of Belarus'), and Article 369 ('Contempt of a government official', 'Contempt of a judge').

The trial took place in the Minsk City Court behind closed doors in September and October 2022. The details are unknown.

On January 10, 2023, the Supreme Court heard the appeal in a closed session and upheld the verdict.

Andrei Krauchuk was included in the 'List of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens, and stateless persons involved in extremist activities'.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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