Maksim Fralou
Date of birth: 2 June 1986
Date of detention: 21 April 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
Sentence: unknown
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Viktoryia Paliashchuk
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Maksim Fralou was convicted under Part 1 of Article 130 (Incitement to hatred), Part 1 of Article 342 (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them), Part 1 of Article 368 (Insulting Lukashenka), and Article 369 (Insulting a government official) of the Criminal Code.
Judge Viktoryia Palishchuk announced the sentence, but details of the case remain unknown.
On March 10, 2023, Fralou was added to the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.
