Aliaksandr Babko
served full term, released
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 11 June 1984
Date of detention: 2 September 2021
Charges indicted:
- Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code — Hooliganism committed by a group of persons
Sentence: 1 year
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Date of release: 16 May 2022
Judge: Viktoryia Sudnik
Prosecutor: Yaraslau Larychau
Cases: "Hay bale case"
Aliaksandr Babko was detained for painting protest slogans on haystacks.
On September 2, 2021, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that four men and three women from Minsk, aged from 27 to 51, were detained the night before near the M1 highway. They were detained for painting protest slogans on more than 80 haystacks. A criminal case was opened against the detainees under Part 2 of Art. 339 of the Criminal Code (malicious hooliganism).
On January 31, the Staŭbcy District Court pronounced verdicts in the "painted hay bale case." Judge Viktoryia Sudnik sentenced Aliaksandr Babko to 1 year in a general-security penal colony. During the trial, some details of the arrest were revealed: security officers came with machine guns, officers painted swastikas on the detainees, some of the detainees were beaten.
Aliaksandr served his sentence in full and was released on May 16, 2022.
Six political prisoners in the “hay bale case” sentenced to prison. Security forces painted swastika on the detainees
