Pavel Trafimchuk

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of restricted freedom

Prisoner

Date of birth: 6 March 1986

Date of detention: 12 January 2023

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 12 January 2023

Judge: Vadzim Mazol

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 43

Pavel Trafimchuk is 36 years old. He is from Pružany, Brest region. He was convicted under Article 369 of the Criminal Code ('Contempt of a government official') and sentenced to two years and six months of restricted freedom with a referral to an open-type penal facility. Trafimchuk was sent to serve his sentence in open-type penal facility #43 in Mahilioŭ from January 12, 2023.

In the 'repentant' video published by a pro-government channel, Trafimchuk says he was arrested for posting an offensive message about a law enforcement officer on the VKontakte Russian social network in 2021.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 43. 212003, Mahilioŭ, vulica Čaliuskincaŭ 76a

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