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.