Pavel Kucharavenka

sentenced to 1 year imprisonment

Date of birth: 5 May 1999

Date of detention: 16 June 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 16 June 2022

Date of release: 20 June 2023

Judge: Alina Koshkina

Pavel Kucharavenka is from Homieĺ. He was convicted under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions grossly disrupting public order or active participation in them) and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.

Pavel Kucharavenka was arrested in the courtroom on June 16, 2022. Before that, he was released on bail pending trial.

He was tried for comments calling for participation in the 2020 protest marches in a local chatroom.

Pavel Kucharavenka was put on the "List of persons involved in extremist activities".

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