Yauhen Hukau

Date of birth: 30 July 1980

Date of detention: 20 June 2022

Charges indicted:

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: 1 year and 10 months

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Mikhail Yurchanka

Prosecutor: Anton Ananienka

Yauhen Hukau

Yauhen Hukau was accused of insulting the president (part 1 of article 368 of the Criminal Code) and a public officer (article 369 of the Criminal Code).

The court found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to one year and 10 months of imprisonment.

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