Yahor Voukau

Prisoner

Date of birth: 9 April 1969

Date of detention: 3 February 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group

Sentence: 3 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Tamara Vnukevich

Groups: Businessmen

Cases: Donations, Protests in Minsk

Yahor Voukau was convicted by the Minsk City Court under Article 361-2 of the Criminal Code (financing the activities of an extremist formation) and Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them). The case was considered by Judge Tamara Vnukevich from April 30 to May 6, 2024.

On August 9, 2024, he was included in the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

 

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