[1][2][3][4] On 28 July 2020 Vasilievič was detained by police in the KGB building in Minsk, after he tried to file a petition requesting the release on bail of the arrested presidential nominee Viktar Babaryka.
The court of the Frunzienski district of Minsk sentenced Vasilievič to 14 days of administrative detention for his alleged participation in an unauthorized protest and chanting outside the KGB building ‘Freedom to Babaryka!’[5][6][7][8] On 28 August 2020 Vasilievič was detained by officers of the Department for Financial Investigations of the Committee of State Control [be-tarask].
Like a number of other socio-political media outlets, the Village Belarus website was blocked by the Ministry of Information [be-tarask].
[9] On 7 September 2020 Vasilievič was declared political prisoner by human rights organisations which explained that: “The arrest of Aliaksandr Vasilevich […] is a continuation of the wave of repression that was triggered by the calling of the presidential election by the parliament in early May.
[…] The repression intensified in the post-election period, leading to a sharp increase in the number of people detained and arrested for political reasons.