Nine Articles Extremist, Court Decides in John Silver Case

Eduard Palchys was absent from the tri­al, he was rep­re­sent­ed by his lawyers Han­na Bakhtsi­na and Yauhen Maslau.

Vic­to­ry­ja Palchys, wife

Civ­il activists staged a pick­et near the court build­ing in sup­port of Palchys.

The tri­al was attend­ed by politi­cians from the Belaru­sian People’s Front Par­ty, and by rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the EU, Great Britain and Swe­den.

The Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee motioned to make the case closed for the pub­lic because the results of today’s hear­ing could influ­ence the ongo­ing crim­i­nal inves­ti­ga­tion against Palchys.

The judge upheld the motion, so the pub­lic only found out the results of the hear­ing a few hours lat­er.

Accord­ing to lawyer Han­na Bakhtsi­na, the judge’s deci­sion was ground­ed on the results of exam­i­na­tion of the infor­ma­tion­al prod­ucts. The lawyer under­lined that the judge did not have the mate­ri­als from the web­site, only the results of the exam­i­na­tion were pre­sent­ed. The lawyer added that she had seen the defen­dant a day before and he did not have any com­plaints regard­ing the con­di­tions of the arrest.