Paval Krashakou

sentenced to 2 1/2 years

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 28 January 2001

Date of detention: 5 August 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 342 of the Criminal Code — Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them
  • Art. 363 of the Criminal Code — Resistance to a police officer or other person guarding public order

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 22 November 2023

Judge: Yuryi Blotski

Paval Krashakou is a participant in the protest action in Salihorsk in August 2020. He was detained on August 5, 2021. 

Paval was charged under Art. 363 of the Criminal Code (Resistance to a police officer or other person guarding public order) and under Art. 342 (Organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order or active participation in them).

He is sentenced to 2.5 years in a penal colony.

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