Raman Yankouski

sentenced to 4 1/2 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 31 March 1974

Date of detention: 12 October 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 203-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal actions with respect to information about private life and personal data
  • Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities

Sentence: 4 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Iryna Maiko

Prison: Penal colony No. 17

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Raman Yankouski is 48 years old. He lives in the Minsk region. He was charged under 6 articles of the Criminal Code:

  • Article 369 ('Contempt of a public official')
  • Part 3 of Article 361 ('Calls for restrictive measures (sanctions) and other actions aiming to harm the national security of Belarus')
  • Part 1 of Article 361-4 ('Supporting extremist activity')
  • Part 1 of Article 368 ('Contempt of the President of Belarus')
  • Part 2 of Article 361-4 ('Supporting extremist activity')
  • Part 3 of Article 203-1 ('Illegal actions related to the privacy information and personal data')

On March 10, 2023, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Raman Yankouski to 4 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony and 300 base fines (11,100 Belarusian rubles, approx. $3,750).

Judge Iryna Maiko conducted the trial.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 17. 213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8

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