Aliaksandr Palivoda

served 1 year term, released

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 31 May 1999

Date of detention: 20 May 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 370 of the Criminal Code — Desecration of state symbols

Sentence: 1 year

Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")

Prison sentence start date: 20 May 2021

Date of release: 19 May 2022

Judge: Pavel Hlavatski

Aliaksandr Palivoda was sentenced by the Brest District Court under Art. 370 of the Criminal Code (insult of state symbols) to one year of restricted freedom in an open institution.

According to the indictment, in January 2021, Palivoda removed the state flag from a local school building and threw it nearby.

On May 20, 2021, the convict began serving his sentence in open correctional facility No. 48.

Aliaksandr served his sentence in full and was released on May 19, 2022.

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