Piotr Kavaliou

Prisoner

Date of birth: 26 February 1992

Date of detention: 10 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: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Prison sentence start date: 20 June 2023

Judge: Maryna Klimchuk

Prison: Penal colony No. 1

Cases: Protests in Minsk

Piotr Kavaliou was arrested on January 10, 2023 for his participation in the 2020 protests and charged under Part 1 Article 342 of the Criminal Code (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them). He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general security penal colony on March 30, 2023. The case was considered by Judge Maryna Klimchuk.

He is serving his sentence in penal colony No. 1.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 1. 211440, Navapolack, vulica Techničnaya 8

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