Mikalai Kavaleuski
Sentenced to 1 1/2 years of freedom restriction, released after serving full sentence
Date of birth: 14 October 1983
Date of detention: 17 January 2022
Charges indicted:
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Sentence: 1 1/2 years
Penalty: restricted freedom in an open penal facility ("khimiya")
Prison sentence start date: 17 January 2022
Date of release: 5 July 2023
Judge: Uladzimir Zholudzeu
Prosecutor: Andrei Straltsou
On October 12, 2021, Mikalai Kavaleuski was convicted of insulting a riot police driver and sentenced to 18 months of restricted freedom in an open-type penitentiary under Article 369 of the Criminal Code ('Contempt of a government official').
On January 17, 2022, he started serving his sentence in open-type penal facility #26 in the Hrodna region but was soon transferred to open-type penal facility #24 in Hrodna.
On July 5, 2023, Mikalai Kavaleuski was released having served his full sentence.
He was included in the 'List of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens, and stateless persons involved in extremist activities'.
