Belarusian law enforcement agents have detained lawyers of the defendants of the criminal case on participation in the movement Revolutionary Action, reports pro-government Belarusian Telegram channel Svodka Centr, cited by Mediazona.Belarus.
“In the morning, a whole group of ‘devil’s advocates’ was detained for disclosure of the investigation information,” the channel’s authors state. Who exactly was detained is not clarified.
Citing a source in the Main Directorate for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption of Belarus, the Svodka Centr channel reports a certain “pattern between the law enforcement agents’ personal data leak and the investigation of the case” on the movement Revolutionary Action members.
On 6 September, a Minsk court sentenced Alyaksandar Fratskevich to 17 years in prison, Akichira Hayeski-Hanada — to 16 years in prison, Marfa Rabkova — to 15 years in prison, Alyaksey Halauko — to 12 years in prison, Pavel Shpetny, Mikita Dranec, Alyaksandar Kozlyanko, and Andrey Chapiuk — to six years in prison, Andrey Marach and Danila Chul — to five years in prison.
After the court’s decision, the law enforcement agents also detained human rights defender Nasta Loyko, who was later arrested by the court for 15 days. A friend of one of the defendants Danila Koshevsky was arrested for 12 days for “distribution of extremist materials”.