Yuryi Selvich

Date of birth: 19 May 1977

Date of detention: 28 February 2022

Charges indicted:

Art. 289 of the Criminal Code — An act of terrorism

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 3

Statement on the status of a political prisoner

Yuryi Selvich was detained in Mazyr on 10 March, together with another local resident Siarhei Pleshkun for preparing an act of terrorism (Article 13 and Article 289 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, the men stored incendiary bottles, as they planned to set fire to Russian military cargo.

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Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 3. 246003, Homieĺ, vulica Knižnaja 1A
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