Illia Holtsau

sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment

Former prisoner

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

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.”

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