Human rights defenders of Vyasna became aware of the detention of lawyer Maksim Ageev on February 7.

It is not yet known about the reasons for the detention and where the lawyer is being held.


Maksim was the defender of many political prisoners.

On February 2, the Minsk City Court handed down a verdict in the case of lawyer and lawyer Vitaliy Brahinc.

He was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

Earlier, former lawyer Andrey Machalov, who defended political prisoners, was given 2 years of "chemistry".

Machalov was accused of allegedly forging a warrant for participation in a criminal trial, although he knew that he had already been expelled from the Minsk City Bar Association.

Since the beginning of mass repressions in 2020, the authorities have deprived many lawyers of their licenses.