Pavel Haliak

Sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison

Date of birth: 4 June 1991

Date of detention: 20 September 2020

Charges indicted:

Art. 364 of the Criminal Code β€” Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies

Sentence: 2 1/2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Date of release: 24 January 2023

Judge: Anzhalika Kazlova

Prosecutor: Krystsina Kasinskaya

Pavel Haliak is a resident of Minsk who was sentenced on December 15, 2020 by the Minsk District Court to two years and six months in prison under Article 364 for committing violence against a police officer while trying to defend a participant of a peaceful assembly who was being detained on September 18, 2020.

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