Herman Bykhau
entrepreneur, sentenced to 3 years in prison
Date of birth: 5 June 1994
Date of detention: 15 March 2021
Charges indicted:
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 7 November 2023
Herman Bykhau is an entrepreneur based in Mahilioŭ. He was detained on March 15, 2021 for two comments in a Telegram channel written in August 2020. Bykhau was detained by GUBAZIK officers and his house was searched. He was initially charged under Art. 364 of the Criminal Code, "threat of violence against a police officer".
However, Herman was finally charged under Article 130 of the Criminal Code, "inciting hostility against other social group (police)".
On October 8, 2021, he was sentenced to three years in prison.
Herman was included in the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.
Herman served out his sentence and was released from prison on November 7, 2023.
