Yauhen Stralchen

Prisoner

Date of birth: 18 November 1985

Date of detention: 11 August 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: unknown

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Vital Labotski

Prison: Penal colony No. 15

Cases: Protests in Hrodna

Groups: Telegram channel administrators

Yauhen Stralchen was convicted under Articles 342 and 367 of the Criminal Code for participation in street protests and slander against A. Lukashenka.

On March 24, 2023, he was included in the list of citizens of Belarus, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

He is serving his sentence in penal colony No. 15.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 15. 213105, Mahilioŭ, Viejna, Slaŭharadskaja šaša 183

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