Mikita Yakhimovich

Prisoner

Date of birth: 17 May 1995

Date of detention: 29 March 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 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Dzmitryi Shuryn

Prison: Penal colony No. 2

Cases: Protests in Brest

Mikita Yakhimovich was detained under Article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organization and preparation of actions grossly violating public order, or active participation in them).

Mikita is a resident of Brest. He is the son of Larysa Yakhimovich, who was previously convicted in the “round dance case.” The individual was taken into custody on March 29, 2024, and held in pre-trial detention center. He is accused of participating in the protests that took place on August 10, 2020 in Brest.

 
Mail address: Penal colony No. 2. 213800, Babrujsk, vulica Sikorskaha 1

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