Another group sentenced in Baranavičy over 2020 protests
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April 15, Pozirk. On April 11, Judge Ina Paŭłoŭskaja in Baranavičy, Brest region, sentenced nine locals to prison terms on protest-related charges, the Brest branch of the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.
Eduard Apanovič and Alaksiej Leskaviec were given 18 months in prison each; Alena Stachiejka, Volha Tadro, Dźmitryj Abramovič, Aleh Arciuch, Aleh Siarhiejeŭ, Dźmitryj Huta and Viačasłaŭ Škućko, one year each.
All nine were accused of chanting protest slogans, waving white-red-white flags and obstructing traffic during August 2020 postelection protests.
In early April, the same court sentenced eight people to prison terms ranging from one to three years in a similar case. None of them pleaded guilty.
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Eight sentenced over Baranavičy protests
April 2, Pozirk. The Baranavičy District Court in the Brest Region has sentenced eight locals to prison on charges of disturbing public order, the Supreme Court reported. The defendants allegedly participated in protest rallies in Baranavičy in August 2020. One …
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