Ivan Kurylenka

sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 10 December 1976

Date of detention: 17 July 2021

Charges indicted:

  • art. 188 of the Criminal Code β€” Defamation

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 17 July 2021

Date of release: 16 July 2024

Judge: Halina Karpenka

Prosecutor: Ivan Monchanka, Hanna Fedosik

Ivan Kurylenka is a resident of the Karma district sentenced to 3 years of restricted freedom in an open correctional facility (“khimiya”) under Art. 369 (insulting a representative of the authorities) and Art. 188 of the Criminal Code (libel).

The convict started serving his sentence on July 17, 2021.

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