Aliaksandr Puhach
Date of birth: 31 March 1982
Date of detention: 17 August 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 3 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Ruslan Tsaruk
Prison: Penal colony No. 17
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Aliaksandr Puhach was accused of ‘insulting a government official’ and ‘insulting the President’ and taken into custody under Articles 369 and 368 of the Criminal Code.
