Artur Piadzko

Date of birth: 28 November 1979

Date of detention: 23 November 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 130 of the Criminal Code β€” Incitement to hatred

Sentence: unknown

Judge: Siarhei Khrypach

Artur Piadzko is a leading engineer of the Minskenergo state energy provider. He is accused of leaking personal information of more than 500 officials to protest Telegram channels. He was charged under Part 6 of Art. 16 and Part 3 of Art. 130 of the Criminal Code of Belarus ('Assistance in inciting enmity committed by a group of persons').

Piadzko was taken into custody.

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