Ivan Komar
anarchist, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 14 September 2000
Date of detention: 20 October 2019
Charges indicted:
- Art. 218 of the Criminal Code — Intentional destruction or damage to property committed in a generally dangerous manner or causing damage on a large scale
- Art. 341 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of structures and damage to property
- Art. 295 of the Criminal Code — Unlawful acts against firearms, ammunition and explosives
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Date of release: 29 January 2022
Judge: Aliaksandr Yakunchykhin
Prosecutor: Maksim Seniu
Groups: Activists
Notes: Pardon / amnesty, Prison security level
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Max Lucks, member of the German Bundestag; earlier: Margit Stumpp, member of the German Bundestag
Ivan Komar is an anarchist who on February 12, 2020, was sentenced by the Lieninski District Court of Minsk to 7 years in prison.
On March 27, the Minsk City Court heard the convict's appeal and reduced the term to 3 1/2 years in a medium-security colony.
Ivan served his sentence in full and was released on January 29, 2022.
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