Aliaksei Kavaliou
Political prisoner
Date of birth: 16 September 1977
Date of detention: 30 March 2023
Charges indicted:
- Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
- Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
- Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
- Art. 366 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: unknown
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 3 October 2023
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Aliaksei Kavaliou was detained for making comments on social media following the death of Uladzimir Makey. He was sentenced to imprisonment under Art. 130 (Incitement to hatred), Art. 342 (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them), Art. 361 (Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus), Art. 361-1 (Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it), Art. 366 (Violence or threat against an official performing official duties or another person performing a public duty), Art. 368 (Insulting Lukashenka), Art. 369 (Insulting a government official) of the Criminal Code.
The verdict was pronounced by Judge Yaraslau Pisarevich on June 24, 2023.
Kavaliou was included in the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.
