Stanislau Puhachou
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
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
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.
