Andrei Krylou
engineer, sentenced to 5 years in prison
Prisoner
Date of birth: 15 October 1962
Date of detention: 16 April 2021
Charges indicted:
- Part 1 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Organization of riots
Sentence: 5 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Mikalai Talashka
Prosecutor: Dzmitryi Zanimouski
Cases: Protests in Vaŭkavysk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Andrei Krylou is an engineer based in Vaŭkavysk. He was sentenced to five years in a medium-security penal colony for calling to participate in "riots" by posting a message in a Telegram chat.
The accused pleaded not guilty, giving convincing arguments in favor of his innocence and the groundlessness of the accusation.