Syarhei Tsikhanouski

On Tuesday, the verdict in the case of politicians Syarhei Tsikhanouski Mikalai Statkevich, bloggers Ihar Losik and Uladzimir Tsyhanovich, members of Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s election team Artsyom Sakau and Dzmitry Papou has been delivered in pre-trial detention centre Nr 3 in Homiel.

The film tells about the role of Syarhei and Svyatlana Tsikhanouski in the Belarusian revolution.

In the recordings, which ByPol posted in March 2021 and December 2020, Belarusians are called “fat commoners,” and law enforcement officers are ordered to “remove” those who threaten them or officials. According to the initiative, the audio recordings feature the voice of former Interior Minister Yury Karayeu.

The hearing of Mikalai Statkevich’s case as well as that of his companion in mischief Syarhei Tsikhanouski might be protracted, he said in a letter to his wife Maryna Adamovich.

It now includes the Novaya Baravaya and “Country for Life” chats, Andrei Pavuk’s channel, and others, the ministry said.

The trial began on June 24.

Political prisoners are accused of organizing mass riots.

A Homiel court obliged the blogger to pay tax on $900 thousand allegedly found behind his couch in June 2020.

Nasha Niva reports

Unmarked police were outside the court building

They appealed to Lukashenka to free Belarus from himself.

No court date has been announced.

During the march people chanted: “Freedom to political prisoners, freedom to Syarhei Tsikhanouski”.