Pavel Kuntsevich

Prisoner

Date of birth: 17 December 1985

Date of detention: 9 October 2023

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: 4 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Charapanava

Prison: Penal colony No. 9

Notes: Parents of three or more children

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

Pavel Kuntsevich worked at the market, where he had his own shop. Pavel has a wife and four children.

According to social networks, he was arrested in the fall of 2023. He was charged under Part 3 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code (calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus).

On January 22, 2024, Judge Sviatlana Charapanava sentenced him to four years in prison.

He is held in prison No. 4.

      On March 15, 2024, he was added to the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

 
Mail address: Penal colony No. 9. 213410, Horki, vulica Dabraliubava 16

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