Mikalai Autukhovich is back to preventive supervision

Hrodna Province Court has cancelled the decision of Vaukavysk District Court of July 17. The court cancelled the preventive supervision of ex-political prisoner Mikalai Autuhovich back then, Radio Liberty reports.

The hearing was appointed for August 6 but it was suddenly moved to August 5 on Tuesday evening. Autuhovich asked to postpone the hearing because he had no time to discuss everything with his lawyer. However, the hearing was sonly postponed for 4 hours and the lawyer did not even manage to arrive from Minsk in time.

Autuhovich committed only one violation during his preventive supervision – he left the city. However, it was done for the purpose of work (his boss asked him to do it). The violation was annulled due to the expiration of the period of limitation on August 1. Moreover, Autuhovich has already paid a fine for it.

All this has not helped change the judges’ opinion: they have cancelled the decision pronounced by Vaukavysk District Court and restored the preventive supervision for the former political prisoner.

Vaukavysk District Court will reconsider his case in order to prolong his preventive supervision term on August 6, Autuhovich believes. The term expires on Thursday.

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