Yauhen Hlushkou
sentenced to 9 years in enhanced security penal colony
Prisoner
Date of birth: 11 July 1990
Date of detention: 16 August 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 356 of the Criminal Code — High treason
- Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities
Sentence: 9 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 26 May 2023
Judge: Aleh Kharoshka
Prison: Penal colony No. 1
Groups: Cultural workers
Notes: War in Ukraine
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Lord German is a Liberal Democrats member of the House of Lords and Vice-Chair of the Belarus Parliamentary Group
Yauhen Hlushkou was charged with 'high treason' (Part 1 of Article 356) and 'facilitating extremist activity' (Part 1 of Article 361-4 of the Criminal Code) for sending photos of the Belarusian military airfield used to carry out the attack on Ukraine to a Telegram channel.
Hlushkou is 32 years old. He is from the Homieĺ region. He was detained in August 2022 and taken into custody in remand prison #3 in Homieĺ.
On January 20, 2023, the Homieĺ Regional Court, behind closed doors, found Yauhen Hlushkou guilty of 'providing assistance to a foreign state, a foreign organization, and their representatives in carrying out activities aimed at harming the national security of Belarus' under Part 1 of Art. 356, and of 'other facilitation of extremist activities' under Part 1 of Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code.
The final sentence is nine years of imprisonment in an enhanced security penal colony. The trial lasted from January 3,2023. The case was heard by the judge Aleh Kharoshka.
