Vital Yanchanka

school teacher

Date of birth: 21 August 1971

Date of detention: 14 July 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 130 of the Criminal Code β€” Incitement to hatred

Date of release: 29 July 2022

Vital Yanchanka is a chemistry and biology teacher. He was detained and sentenced to administrative arrest. A criminal case for ‘inciting hatred’ was brought against him under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code.

The man served 15 days of administrative arrest and was released on July 29, 2022.

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