Andrei Prymaka

sentenced to imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 14 January 1977

Date of detention: 15 January 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 29 June 2023

Judge: Yauhen Pisarevich

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Andrei Prymaka was arrested as a defendant in a criminal case under three articles of the Criminal Code: Article 368 ('Contempt of the President of Belarus'), Article 342 ('Organization and preparation of actions grossly disrupting public order or active participation in them'), and Article 361-1 ('Creation of or participation in an extremist formation'). The last charges stemmed from his registration in the Peramoha plan.

In June 2023, he was convicted and sentenced to four years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

On June 29, 2023, he was transferred from remand prison #1 in Minsk to penal colony #15 in Mahilioŭ to serve his sentence.

The exact date of his arrest is to be clarified.

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

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