Yakau Yakautsau

retired police officer

Date of birth: 23 March 1971

Date of detention: 26 March 2021

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Iryna Pradun

Prison: Penal colony No. 1

Statement on the status of a political prisoner