Yauhen Peliakhaty

Date of birth: 3 January 1993

Date of detention: 1 June 2023

Charges indicted:

Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 6

Yauhen Peliakhaty was arrested on June 1, 2023. During the detention "special means and physical force" were used against Yauhen.

The man is charged under Article 130 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred) and Article 368 of the Criminal Code (insulting Lukashenka) for several comments about Lukashenka and law enforcement officials.

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 6. 225413, Baranavičy, vulica Bresckaja 258B

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