Kiryl Vevel

Prisoner

Date of detention: 17 January 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Charapanava

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 1

Kiryl Vevel was arrested in January 2024. He was initially detained for a few days for "petty hooliganism," but was not released and a criminal case was opened.

According to dissident.by, Kiryl worked in various companies that sell industrial equipment. Also in 2015, he founded a small company "Grifcom-Vector" (closed in 2021). Kiryl writes music and film scripts. 

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 1. 223016, Navadvorski selsavet, 143/4, v. Pashkovichy, Minsk rajon, Minsk voblast

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