sentences:  There were 7 prosecutions in 1996 and 4 in 1997 under the law (according to Amnesty International) and 4 in 1999 (according to the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee of the Council of Europe).In 2001, local human rights NGO "Helsinki Association" published via its website the story of a 20-year-old.In 1999, the young man was sentenced to 3 months of imprisonment for having sex with another man.