Anatol Khinevich
sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison
Date of birth: 19 August 1993
Date of detention: 28 October 2020
Charges indicted:
Art. 363 of the Criminal Code — Resistance to a police officer or other person guarding public order
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Alena Zhukovich
Prison: Penal colony No. 3
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Godparent: Margrete Auken,, member of the European Parliament
Anatol Khinevich is a 27-year-old programmer and bard from Barysaŭ.
On December 24, the Saviecki District Court of Minsk sentenced him to two years and six months in prison under Part 2 of Art. 363 of the Criminal Code for allegedly kicking riot police officers during the March of Justice on September 20. According to the alleged victims, Khinevich "inflicted blows in a lying position."
Anatol graduated from the Sakharov Institute in Minsk. From 2014 to 2018, he worked at the Center of Information Technologies of the Minsk City Executive Committee. He participated in the development of the city government's official online service. Anatol is known in his native Barysaŭ as a song-writer and performer.