The young man was charged under Part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code - "active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order." Ordinary participants in peaceful protest marches in 2020 are usually tried under this article.
What is known about Maxim Kolovsky is that he was born in 1995, was drafted into the army at the age of 19 and completed his military service. The guy himself is an artist, was interested in 3D modeling, creating interior designs. After the army, he worked in the field of outdoor advertising - he was a designer, an advertising specialist, and also worked in printing.
Alexander worked as a driver-forwarder. Most likely, he was detained at the end of January 2024, on 26.01.2024 a trial was held for an administrative violation under Part 2 of Article 19.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus - Distribution, production, storage, transportation of information products containing calls for extremist activity or promoting such activity. After which a criminal case was opened. The court verdict is most likely related to imprisonment.
On July 19, 2024, the appeal was heard and the verdict came into force.
To ensure that none of political prisoners are left without attention and support the site has a function of verified sendings.
Please attach a photo or a screenshot for transfer verification. The new transfer will be posted on the site as soon as it is verified by the moderator!
Support actions
You can upload an image from the support event, and after passing moderation we will publish it.
Respond to help those released
Do you want to help a released political prisoner? Send your contact to Telegram and we will contact you.
A Keeper means you want to regularly help a specific person in prison through their family. Choose a political prisoner and click «Become a Keeper», our team will contact you shortly.
You can request the letters that we have in storage, for this, leave your telegram account for feedback, we will contact you and, after verifying your identity, we will transfer the archive with your letters.
Are you a relative or someone close to a political prisoner? Send us a short description and your Telegram contact for feedback. After data verification we will publish your relative on the website.
Do you have information about administrative prosecution? Please send us a short description and your Telegram contact for feedback. After checking the data, we will publish your information on the site.
Please leave your contact on Telegram and describe your skills in as much detail as possible. After moderation, your CV will be published on the website.
Multi upload allows you to send confirmations with one photo to several political prisoners at once, check the selected people before sending!
Please attach a photo or a screenshot for transfer verification. The new transfer will be posted on the site as soon as it is verified by the moderator!
Write to representatives
Correct translation
Application for assistance in employment or retraining
Please complete the questionnaire to enter the first stage of an interview to determine your individual needs.
