Ivan Charavaka

sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 22 January 1985

Date of detention: 31 August 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
  • Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge

Sentence: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Alena Shylko, Ala Skuratovich

Prison: Penal colony No. 1

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Ivan Charavaka was detained on criminal charges under Articles 368 of the Criminal Code (Insulting the President), 369 of the Criminal Code (Insulting a government official) and 130 of the Criminal Code (Incitement to hatred).

At the beginning of January 2022, Ivan's has been transferred to pre-trial detention centre No. 1.

On June 10, 2022, Judge Alena Shylko found Ivan guilty and sentenced him to four years of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony. 

Mail address: Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8

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