Illia Hancharyk

sentenced to 4 years

Prisoner

Date of birth: 9 January 1992

Date of detention: 27 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies

Sentence: 4 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 25 April 2022

Judge: Marharyta Lantsevich

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 24

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Ilya Goncharik was sentenced to four years of restricted freedom in an open-type correctional facility under Article 364 of the Criminal Code for sending a non-threatening message from his cell phone to a local police inspector.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 24. 230025, Grodno, Lidskaya str. 29 b

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