Artsiom Paulechka
sentenced to 3 years in prison
Date of birth: 14 January 2000
Date of detention: 14 July 2020
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Yuliya Hustyr
Prison: Penal colony No. 3
Artsiom Paulechka is a 21-year-old resident of Lelčycy.
On January 15, the Centraĺny District Court of Minsk sentenced him to three years in prison under Part 1 of Art. 342 (active participation in actions that grossly violated public order) and Art. 364 (violence against a riot police officer) of the Criminal Code for the events of July 14 in Minsk. In particular, Artsiom Paulechka was accused of kicking a riot policeman in the chest.