Anarchist Zmitser Paliyenka released in court

Zmitser Paliyenka’s final speech was in Belarusian. He spoke a lot about his anarchist views, “police willfulness” and addressed his girlfriend Anastasiya Huseva. He proposed to her during the first hearing and Huseva agreed.

Paliyenka was charged with the violation of three articles at first – 341(damage of buildings and property), 1st part of article 130 (arousing racial, religious or social hatred) and 369 (insult of a public agent).

The international human rights association Amnesty International supported Zmitser Paliyenka. He is being persecuted for his civil activities, rights defenders believe.

Paliyenka tried to cut his wrists during the first hearing when he had learnt that it would be held behind closed doors. Activists of the anarchist movement and Paliyenka’s friends tried to enter the court room which resulted in a fight with the guards. The hearing was made open and three articles were removed from Paliyenka’s case after the incident.