In early September, the Telegram channel of the volunteer initiative "Lists of Detainees" published information about the detention of an entire family : Yan, Anastasia and Ales Papkovich. Anastasia was released. And Yan and Ales were transferred to pretrial detention center No. 1. During the detention, Ales' phone and equipment were taken away. As a result, one photo from the 2020 march was found. For it, the guy was given 2 years in prison.
Ales has been interested in music since childhood, - says the brother of the political prisoner. - He knows many Belarusian performers, played with some of them. For example, he performed with cover bands in Minsk clubs, performed with the group "D-Major" as a violinist. The last two years before his arrest were especially creative for Ales - he wrote several lyrics for songs, music for them, made recordings. Ales sings in Belarusian.
10.06.2024 released, having fully served the sentence imposed by the court.
