Stanislau Puhachou

Prisoner

Date of birth: 11 November 1992

Date of detention: 15 February 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
  • Art. 179 of the Criminal Code — Illegal collection and dissemination of information about private life
  • Art. 203-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal actions with respect to information about private life and personal data

Sentence: 7 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Natallia Buhuk

Prison: Penal colony No. 3

Groups: Law enforcement officers

On the list of “terrorists” (Money transfers are prohibited)

Stanislau Puhachou is a former investigator. He was sentenced in a closed court session to seven years of imprisonment in a penal colony for sending police officers' personal data to a Telegram channel. The court found him guilty of ‘inciting hatred’‘illegal collection and dissemination of information about private life’, and ‘illegal actions with respect to information about private life and personal data’ under Part 3 of Article 130, Part 1 of Article 179, and Part 1 of Article 203-1 of the Criminal Code accordingly.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 3. 211322, Viciebsk region, Vićba

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