Andrei Balakhonau

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 18 March 1990

Date of detention: 29 September 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Sentence: unknown

Date of release: 24 August 2023

Judge: Vasil Biahun

Cases: The Zeltser case

Andrei Balakhonau was detained in Homieĺ for publishing comments on the Internet in connection with the deaths of IT worker Andrei Zeltser and KGB agent Dzmitry Fedasiuk.

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