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Yesterday my friends, colleagues, like-minded people were tried and convicted .
European Belarus and Christian Democracy were cowardly tried behind closed doors in Mahiliou.
It is symbolic, isn t it?
The leaders of European and Christian Belarus were in the same cell, guarded by the occupants.
When I saw their faces, I realized that there were dogs with muzzles and batons in the cage. They surrounded the guys, while our guys created a space of freedom behind some ridiculous bars and sent such a charge of energy into this inquisitorial room that I was truly surprised why the bars were not red-hot.
The convicts chanted in the courtroom: “We believe! We can! We will win!
An illegal trial of activists of the civil campaign European Belarus, one of the leaders of the opposition
Pavel Seviarynets and activist
The trial was closed, but relatives were allowed into the courtroom at the last moment.
Judge
She sentenced political prisoners to long terms in colonies:
- Pavel Seviarynets, co-chairman of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party, was sentenced to 7 years in a maximum-security penal colony;
- Coordinator of the campaign European Belarus
Yauhen Afnahel was sentenced to 7 years in a maximum-security penal colony;