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.