Ihar Bukas
sentenced to 4 years in prison
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 19 November 1966
Date of detention: 10 August 2020
Charges indicted:
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Sentence: 4 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a high security prison
Date of release: 9 September 2024
Judge: Andrei Litvin
Prosecutor: Natallia Loseva
Groups: Law enforcement officers
Notes: Prison security level
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Erin McGreehan, member of the Seanad Éirean
Ihar Bukas is a resident of Babrujsk, who, together with his son Aleh Bukas, was accused and convicted under Article 364 of the Criminal Code (violence against a police officer).
Ihar and Aleh Bukas were detained on August 10, 2020. The two men were detained after intervening in a conflict between a traffic police officer and a woman.
On November 27, the father and son were convicted. Ihar Bukas was sentenced to four years in a maximum-security penal colony. Aleh Bukas was sentenced to two years in a general-security penal colony.
In May 2022, it was announced that Ihar had been transferred to Prison No. 1.
