Palina Palavinka
Date of birth: 22 August 1989
Date of detention: 2 June 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. 369-1 of the Criminal Code — Discrediting Belarus
Sentence: 2 1/2 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 1 March 2023
Judge: Natallia Buhuk
Prison: Penal colony No. 4
Palina Palavinka was detained on 2 June 2022 in a criminal case under article 342 of the Criminal Code (active participation in group actions that grossly violate public order), and article 369-1 (discrediting Belarus).
Palina is the wife of political prisoner and journalist Dzmitry Luksha, who is imprisoned for the same crimes.