Andrei Filipchyk

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 17 July 1990

Date of detention: 1 February 2023

Charges indicted:

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

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: restricted freedom under home confinement ("domashnyaya khimiya")

Date of release: 3 May 2023

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Groups: Telegram channel administrators

Andrey Filipchik

Andrei Filipchyk administered an entertaining Telegram chat promoting Belarusian. He was detained by GUBAZIK (Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption), and on February 2, 2023, they posted a "repentance" video with him.

Filipchyk was charged with 'active participation in group actions grossly breaching public order' (Article 342 of the Criminal Code). He was placed in a pre-trial detention center.

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