Artsiom Vouna

life:) top manager, sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 3 September 1991

Date of detention: 8 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. 352 of the Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition of computer information

Sentence: 8 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 6 February 2023

Judge: Valiantsina Ziankevich

Prison: Penal colony No. 22

Cases: Protests in Minsk

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

Artsiom Vouna was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment under Articles 130, 179, and 352 of the CC for sharing data of employees of internal affairs bodies to protest Internet resources.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 22. 225295, Brest region, Ivacevičy, station Damanava, PO Box 20

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