Minsk resident Mikalai Yankoits was detained on September 15 for the alleged ‘disobedience to police officers at the premises of Partyzanski district department of internal affairs’, human rights activists report.
Two days later, Partyzanski district court found Yankoits guilty under Art. 24.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences and imposed a fine of 2,900 Belarusian rubles (over $1,150) on him.
Yankoits’ place was raided; according to Mikalai, the police ‘did not find anything’.
As reported earlier, the young man was detained during the March for Release of Political Prisoners in the autumn of 2020. Then he got a fine of 405 rubles (appr. $160).
Mikalai Yankoits contributed to Ultra-Music, kyky.org, dev.by websites; he worked as a music expert of the Experty.by project. He was the founder of the music blog The Boat That Rocked and a member of a number of musical bands.
