Both were sentenced to 3 years in prison.

The criminal case concerns the events of September 20, 2020.

Then the residents of Gomel went on a march, which ended in dispersal and detention.

When the marchers walked along Victory Avenue and reached Savetskaya Street, riot police blocked their way.

People were afraid of detentions and ran to the other side of Savetskaya Street.

The investigation was described as a "roadblock", although people fled at the green light.

In his last words,

Stanislau Machalau

noted that the road

closure

was the result of actions of police officers.

“The crowd repeatedly crossed the road at a green traffic light.

There was no reason to believe that people suddenly decided to block Savetskaya Street, ”the accused said.

The investigation described his actions as follows: "standing in a battlefield" as a "threat of violence to police officers."

“Once I am treated as a criminal, I will say: if people are beaten and caught around, a person can get scared and stand in a defensive position.

But there was no contact, no collision.

Accordingly, there was no crime, ”Machalau stressed.

Dzmitry Hryshchanka said

in his last word that he saw a number of inconsistencies in the conclusions of the investigation and believed that they were based on assumptions.

He believes that only those videos were selected for the court that are beneficial to the prosecution.

“Why was the answer to the question why I went to the rally that day not answered during the trial?

Why don't we have conditions when people can legally express their position?

I voted for Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was at her authorized pre-election rally, and everything was fine. I do not refuse to take part in another rally, apart from the one held on September 20. At least 10,000 people took part in the rally. Then no one interfered with the actions of the marchers and there was absolute order. People did not beat shop windows, litter, or commit anything illegal, even if they passed by the building of the regional executive committee. Why put up a fence the next day? Why, when there were rallies of supporters of the government in August and September, no one dispersed them? "- Asked the last word of the accused.

Dzmitry reminded the court of the case of the Union for the Liberation of Belarus in the 1930s and the fact that Mikhas Charot remarked: "I am the first to sign a harsh sentence," and then he was shot.

"It is a pity that now for someone Stalin, Yazhov and other figures of that era can be a model," - added the accused.

After the verdict, he said: “It is time to put everything in its place.

Long live Belarus! ”