Volha Kavaliova
sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment
Former prisoner
Date of birth: 8 April 1968
Date of detention: 17 March 2022
Charges indicted:
- Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
- Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
- Art. 391 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a judge
Sentence: 3 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Prison sentence start date: 2 February 2023
Date of release: 31 October 2024
Judge: Dzmitryi Karsiuk
Volha Kavaliova was detained on March 17, 2022, for her comments on the internet. A criminal case for ‘threatening a police officer with violence’, ‘insulting a judge’, and ‘insulting a government official’ was instituted against her under Articles 364, 391, and 369 of the Criminal Code respectively.
According to the indictment, Kavaliova left insulting comments and made threats against 50 officials, including judges, prosecutors, internal affairs officers, state security officers, investigators, and members of precinct election commissions.
At the end of September 2022, she was sentenced to three years in a general-security penal colony.
