Mikita Brui

sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 1 March 2006

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 361-4 of the Criminal Code — Promoting extremist activities
  • Art. 130-1 of the Criminal Code – Rehabilitation of Nazism

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 5 February 2024

Judge: Viktoryia Paliashchuk

Notes: Detained juveniles

Cases: The case of the Union of the Belarusian National Shield

Mikita Brui is a 17-year-old great-great-grandson of the People's Writer of Belarus Yakub Kolas. He studied at the secondary school in the village of Mikalajeŭščyna, Minsk region.

In November 2022, the state-owned TV channels reported the arrest of five members of the closed chat room of the Union of the Belarusian National Shield (SBNSH) recognized as an "extremist organization". Mikita Brui was accused of "deliberate actions to rehabilitate Nazism" and "supporting extremist activities" under Part 1 of Article 130-1 and Parts 1 and 2 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code.

Four more defendants in the SBNSH case have already been convicted (Aleh Dabrydniou, Kiryl Balakhonau, Uladzislau Yafimovich, and Aliaksandr Rukoits). The fate of another detainee is unknown.

On July 5, 2023, in the Minsk Regional Court, Judge Viktoryia Paliashchuk sentenced Mikita Brui to three years of imprisonment in a general-security juvenile colony.

 

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