Ivan Yanchanka
sentenced to 3 1/2 years of imprisonment
Prisoner
Date of birth: 20 April 1987
Date of detention: 15 January 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Aliaksei Khlyshchankou
Cases: The Zeltser case
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Ivan Yanchanka was convicted of ‘inciting hatred’ under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code in the Zeltser case. In conjunction with the punishment imposed by the court of the Čerykaŭ District Court in May 2021 (the Article is not known), the court sentenced Yanchanka to 3.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.
