Sviatlana Bychkouskaya
Prisoner
Date of birth: 22 August 1977
Date of detention: 21 April 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
- Art. 352 of the Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition of computer information
- Art. 203-1 of the Criminal Code — Illegal actions with respect to information about private life and personal data
- Art. 426 of the Criminal Code: Abuse of power or authority
Sentence: 5 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 25 July 2023
Judge: Dzina Kuchuk
Prison: Penal colony No. 4
Cases: The Black Book of Belarus case
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Sviatlana Bychkouskaya worked in the One Window service at the Kastryčnicki district administration of Minsk.
She is suspected of leaking law enforcers' personal data to protesters' Telegram channels and is charged under Art. 130 of the Criminal Code ('Inciting racial, national, religious or other social hatred or enmity').
