Artur Piadzko
Prisoner
Date of birth: 28 November 1979
Date of detention: 23 November 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 9 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Siarhei Khrypach
Prison: Penal colony No. 15
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
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.
