Andrei Charneuski

served full term, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 15 October 1994

Date of detention: 9 October 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 1 year

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

Prison sentence start date: 9 October 2021

Date of release: 30 September 2022

Notes: Health issues

Andrei Charneuski was detained on May 30, 2021.

He was accused of helping a man who removed a red-green flag from a government building in the village of Urečča, Liubań district, on May 29, 2021.

After the detention, the man spent three days in a pre-trial detention center, after which he was released. On September 6, 2021, the Liubań City and District Court found him guilty under Article 370 and sentenced him to one year of restricted freedom in an open penitentiary, although the prosecutor requested a year of "home confinement."

Charneuski served his sentence in full and was released on September 30, 2022.

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