Alexander was detained in October 2020 and brutally beaten when security forces tried to extract a confession on camera. He was free until his trial. In June 2021, he was convicted under the following articles: "hooliganism committed by a group of persons", "desecration of buildings and damage to property" and "failure to report a serious or especially serious crime". At the trial, he stated that he acted in protest against the situation in the country after the elections on August 9, 2020 - arbitrary detentions and torture. Initially, he was sentenced to restriction of freedom, but in August, after an appeal was considered, the punishment was toughened, replacing it with imprisonment in a penal colony.
Left Belarus.
