Halina Kavaliova

sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 12 December 1969

Date of detention: 14 March 2022

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 367 of the Criminal Code — Slander against the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 25 May 2024

Judge: Tatsiana Kastsiuk

Halina Kavaliova was convicted under Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code for slandering Mr. Aliaksandr Lukashenka and sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

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