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288:(on Lithuanian orders). From October 1996 to August 1999, Burokevičius and five other members of the Lithuanian Communist Party were tried for their involvement in the January Events. In August 1999, he was sentenced in Vilnius to 12 years' imprisonment for organizing murders and grievous bodily harm and also for establishing organizations which intended to overthrow the state. In early 2000, President
351:(prohibition of discrimination) – Burokevičius and others claimed that they had been unjustly punished in the exercise of their beliefs as communists, their legitimate work as journalists, their right of association with other individuals, and their support for the idea of Lithuania's continuing membership of the USSR during the politically turbulent times of 1990–1991
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on 13 January 1991 followed, during which 14 people were killed. During the period of 11 to 19 January 1991, the pro-CPSU party also made five more public declarations urging the forceful overthrow of the
Government and other authorities of independent Lithuania. Burokevičius took part preparing
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proposed the chief of colony to prepare documents that granted
Burokevičius eligibility for pardon. Burokevičius refused this request, pleading innocent and stating that he was not guilty in his actions. He finished the sentence and was released on 13 January 2006.
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Constitutions. The requirement was voiced one day earlier. The party added that failing that it might create the "Lithuanian
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Government of Lithuania, ordering it to comply with USSR President
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