Siarhei Petrushenka

civil servant, sentenced to 6 1/2 years of imprisonment

Prisoner

Date of birth: 4 October 1986

Date of detention: 10 June 2021

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: 6 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Dzina Kuchuk

Prison: Penal colony No. 22

Groups: Government employees

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

Siarhei Petrushenka is the former head of the Minsk Municipal State Registration and Land Cadastre Agency. He was detained in June 2021 as part of a criminal case for posting personal data of Smarhon police officers on a Telegram channel. He is facing charges under four Articles of the Criminal Code:

Article 130 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred);
Article 352 of the Criminal Code(illegal acquisition of computer information);
Article 203-1 of the Criminal Code (illegal actions with respect to information about private life and personal data);
Article 426 of the Criminal Code (abuse of power or authority).

On August 3, 2022, the Minsk Municipal Court passed a jail sentence on political prisoner Siarhei Petrushenka. He was sentenced to 6.5 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to occupy positions of organizational and administrative responsibility for a period of 5 years.

Former civil servant convicted of disclosing personal data of police officers

On August 3, 2022, the Minsk Municipal Court passed a jail sentence on political prisoner Siarhei Petrushenka, the former head of the Minsk Municipal State Registration and Land Cadastre Agency, who was accused of aiding and abetting incitement of hatred and other crimes.

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

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