Yauhen Kavalenka
sentenced to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 8 July 1987
Date of detention: 6 October 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
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. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
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
Prison sentence start date: 25 August 2023
Judge: Viktoryia Paliashchuk
Prison: Penal colony No. 1
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Yauhen Kavalenka was convicted in the Minsk Regional Court. Judge Viktoryia Paliashchuk tried his case from April 26 to June 12, 2023, and sentenced him to two years and six months of imprisonment in a general-security penal colony.
