The musicians of the Nizkiz band have been added to extremist lists

They have already been convicted, but the verdict, so far, remains secret.

They have already been convicted, but the verdict, so far, remains secret.

Information about this appeared in the updated list of “extremists”, which included three members of the band: Alexander Ilyin, Dmitry Kholyavkin and Sergei Kulsha.

Under this article, the musicians face from two to five years of restriction of freedom or up to four years of imprisonment.

However, the sentence is unknown to human rights activists – it was only known that the musicians were tried on March 19. They faced two to five years of restriction of freedom or up to four years of imprisonment.

After 2020, the band Nizkiz remained in Belarus, periodically going abroad on tour. However, propagandists claim that they left and were arrested upon their return. The band did not hide their participation in peaceful protests and showed their performances at the marches in the video for the song “Pravily,” which became one of the symbols of the 2020 protests.

Now there are – 3975 people on the extremist list, most of them political persecuted people.