Mikalai Vasilevich
in custody
Date of birth: 3 December 1978
Date of detention: 17 October 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code — Financing the activities of an extremist group
Art. 290-1 of the Criminal Code — Financing of terrorist activities
Sentence: 9 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 1 September 2023
Judge: Alena Shylko, Sviatlana Charapovich
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Mikalai Vasilevich is 44 years old, from Minsk, married. His last known place of work is the National Center for Olympic Training in Athletics in Minsk.
As reported by the Nasha Niva online media, on January 3, 2023, Mikalai Vasilevich was included in the "List of terrorists".
In four months Mikalai had several trials. He was convicted under Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code (Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it), Art. 361-2 of the Criminal Code (Financing the activities of an extremist group), Art. 290-1 of the Criminal Code (Financing of terrorist activities). Mikalai was sentenced to nine years and six months of imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony.
