Illia Holtsau
sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment
Date of birth: 9 August 1991
Date of detention: 1 February 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 10 March 2023
Judge: Vasil Biahun
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
On the list of “terrorists” (money transfers are prohibited)
Illia Holtsau was convicted of ‘incitement of hatred’ under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code and sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment in a penal colony for his comments on social networks regarding a “social group.”
