Statkevich and Us remain in prison

Minsk city court left the sentences of the Lenin district court in force.

Ex-presidential candidates Mikalaj Statkevich and Dzmitry Us, as well as 5 other participants of the December 19 events - Aliaksandr Klaskouski, Artsiom Hrybkou, Aliaksandr Kviatkevich, Dzmitry Bulanau and Andrej Pazniak will remain in prison. The collegium of judges headed by Siarhej Khrypach has taken such a decision on July 19, BelaPAN reports.

Prosecutor Anton Zaharouski has claimed at the hearing that he considers the convicts' appeals not grounded. According to him, the arguments of the defence are refuted by the facts in the sentence.

Let us remind you, judge Liudmila Hrachova sentenced Statkevich to 6 years of imprisonment, and Us - to 5,5 years of the same on May 26. The court considered that Statkevich and Us had prepared mass disturbances and discussed this topic many times.