Raman Tsyhankou
Prisoner
Date of birth: 13 June 1994
Date of detention: 10 October 2022
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 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: unknown
Judge: Anzhela Kastsiukevich
Cases: Protests in Minsk, The Black Book of Belarus case
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Raman Tsyhankou was detained on October 10, 2022. At first, the pro-government Telegram channels reported Roman and his girlfriend to have been detained for leaking law enforcement officials' data to the Black Book of Belarus Telegram channel. Roman was sentenced to 14 days of administrative imprisonment.
Later Tsyhankou was transferred to a pre-trial detention center and charged under a criminal case for participating in the protests.
