Ihar Pastukhou
sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment
Date of birth: 22 July 1988
Date of detention: 9 August 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 5 April 2023
Judge: Tatsiana Fiadchuk
Ihar Pastukhou is from Fanipal, Minsk region. He was arrested in August 2022 as a defendant in a criminal case under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (‘Organisation of or participation in group actions grossly disrupting public order’) and placed in a detention center in Dziaržynsk (Minsk region).
He was accused of blocking traffic in Fanipal in 2020 by walking down the road during a protest.
On February 2, 2023, the trial began in the Dziaržynsk District Court. On February 21, Judge Tatsiana Fiadchuk sentenced the political prisoner to 12 months of imprisonment.
