Aleh Yermakou
lawyer, sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment
Prisoner
Date of birth: 14 August 1988
Date of detention: 10 February 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
- Art. 179 of the Criminal Code — Illegal collection and dissemination of information about private life
Sentence: 6 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Siarhei Khrypach
Prison: Penal colony No. 3
Groups: Government employees, Lawyers and attorneys
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Aleh Yermakou is a lawyer of the first class and a former employee of the prosecutor's office. He is married and has two minor daughters.
Yermakou was taken into custody on charges of sending data of law enforcement officers to protest information resources.
On November 18, 2022, Judge Siarhei Khrypach of the Minsk Municipal Court found him guilty of “Illegal collection and dissemination of information about private life” (part 1 of Art. 179 of the CC, excluded on May 26, 2021) and “incitement to social hatred” (part 1 of Art. 130 of the CC). Yermakou was sentenced to six years of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.
