Maksim Khmialnitski

Prisoner

Date of detention: 2 February 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Safiya Khvalko

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 6

Cases: Protests in Baranavičy

Maksim Khmialnitski was arrested for participation in a protest action in Baranavičy.

On June 14, 2024, the Court of Baranavičy and Baranavičy District began to consider the criminal case under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order). Maksim and eight other individuals are being tried under this article. The presiding judge is Safiya Khvalko.

 
Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 6. 225413, Baranavičy, vulica Bresckaja 258B

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