Pavel Mazheika’s remand detention extended for another month

BAJ was informed by the fam­i­ly that the pre-tri­al deten­tion cen­ter in Hrod­na stopped accept­ing vit­a­mins and med­i­cines for all inmates, includ­ing Pavel. The size of polit­i­cal prisoner’s care pack­ages is restrict­ed to 30 kg per month, his cor­re­spon­dence is blocked now and then, and let­ters only reach the fam­i­ly.

The famous Hrod­na jour­nal­ist and pub­lic fig­ure Pavel Mazhei­ka was arrest­ed and detained in Hrod­na on 30 August and put into cus­tody in an unknown crim­i­nal case. His lawyer has signed a pledge of secre­cy.

Fol­low­ing his arrest, a web­site ded­i­cat­ed to his activ­i­ties was set up.

In 2021, a crim­i­nal case was opened against Pavel Mazhei­ka, artist Ales Pushkin, and “oth­er per­sons” under part 3 of Art. 130 of the Crim­i­nal Code for “actions aimed at the reha­bil­i­ta­tion and jus­ti­fi­ca­tion of Nazism.” The rea­son was the demon­stra­tion of a por­trait of Yauhen Zhykhar, a Belaru­sian anti-Sovi­et activist, with a machine gun on his shoul­der at a paint­ing exhi­bi­tion on 19 March 2021, the prosecutor’s office said. Mazhei­ka was lat­er released due to a “lack of grounds for deten­tion.”

Sup­port the jour­nal­ist by let­ters and post­cards at the address: 230023, Grod­no, Turma‑1, ul. Kiro­va 1, Mazhei­ka Pavel Ivanavich.