Andrei Laktsevich

designer

Former prisoner

Date of detention: 25 January 2022

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Groups: Cultural workers

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Andrei Laktsevich is a designer. He was detained at the end of January 2022 as part of the criminal case of group actions grossly violating public order (Article 342 of the Criminal Code).

He is being held in pre-trial detention center.

In July 2022, Andrei was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility. The political prisoner was released awaiting the commencement of the sentence.

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