Mikalai Khila

Prisoner

Date of detention: 24 April 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
  • Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred

Judge: Alena Ananich

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 1

Groups: Priests and religious people

Mikalai Khila, a preacher of the Baptist Church Blagovestie, was taken into custody on April 24, 2024. He was initially held at the temporary detention center, and subsequently transferred to the pre-trial detention center. According to preliminary information, he may be accused of insulting Lukashenka (Article 368 of the Criminal Code).

He is currently being held at the pre-trial detention center No. 1.

 
Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 1. 223016, Navadvorski selsavet, 143/4, v. Pashkovichy, Minsk rajon, Minsk voblast

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