Andrei Laurynovich

Prisoner

Date of birth: 10 April 1981

Date of detention: 19 August 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 10 November 2023

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

Andrei Laurynovich was convicted for inciting racial, national, religious, or other social hatred under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code.

On November 10, 2023, the appeal was considered in closed session by Judge Mikalai Gryntsevich.

      On November 17, 2023, Laurynovich was added to the list of individuals involved in extremist activities. 

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