John Silver Sentenced to 21 Months Freedom Restriction and Sent Home

Every day in pre-tri­al deten­tion counts as two days out of the sen­tence, so he’s got to serve one moth free­dom restric­tion at home. Eduard Palchys was greet­ed upon leav­ing the court build­ing. By the way, it’s his birth­day today, the pub­lic con­grat­u­lat­ed him on sev­er­al occa­sions.

“I don’t think I am a hero. This is what you’ve done. The fact that I am free is your mer­it, of those who wrote about it,” he said.

Mean­while it appeared that police­men com­piled over 70 admin­is­tra­tive reports against those activists who pick­et­ed near the court build­ing dur­ing the hear­ing.

Eduard Palchys was found guilty of incit­ing racial, nation­al, reli­gious, or oth­er hatred accord­ing to art. 130, part 1 of the Crim­i­nal Code, and also of pro­duc­tion and dis­tri­b­u­tion of pornog­ra­phy mate­ri­als (art. 343 of the Crim­i­nal Code).

Before the sen­tence comes into legal force, Eduard Palchys stays under trav­el ban.

Belaru­sian human rights defend­ers con­sid­er him a polit­i­cal pris­on­er and his case polit­i­cal­ly moti­vat­ed.

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