Maksim Palitau

sentenced to 2 years of restricted freedom

Date of birth: 27 October 2001

Date of detention: 30 January 2023

Charges indicted:

Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them

Sentence: 2 years

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

Prison sentence start date: 30 January 2023

Judge: Yauhen Yerafeyeu

Prison: Open correctional facility No. 39

Maksim Palitau is 22 years old. He is from Žlobin (Homieĺ region).

On November 2, 2022, in Žlobin, he was convicted under Part 1 of Art. 342 of the Criminal Code ('Organization and preparation of actions grossly disrupting public order, or active participation in them'). Judge Yauhen Yerafeyeu sentenced him to 24 months of freedom restriction with a referral to an open-type penal facility.

Since January 30, 2023, Maksim Palitau has been serving his sentence in open-type penal facility #39 in Krupki, Minsk region.

Mail address: Open correctional facility No. 39. 222002, Krupki district, Krupki-2

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