Volha Kavalkova
"case of the Coordinating Council"
Date of birth: 26 January 1984
Charges indicted:
- Art. 361 of the Criminal Code — Calls for actions aimed at causing harm to the national security of the Republic of Belarus
- Art. 191 of the Criminal Code — Obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights
- Art. 357 of the Criminal Code — Conspiracy to seize power in an unconstitutional way
- Art. 361-1 of the Criminal Code — Creation of an extremist formation, or participation in it
- Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Sentence: 12 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony
Judge: Piotr Arlou
Prosecutor: Mikhail Kavaliou
Groups: Lawyers and attorneys, Politicians
Cases: Protests in Minsk
Notes: Trials in absentia
On March 6, 2023 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Pavel Latushka, Volha Kavalkova, Maryia Maroz, and Siarhei Dyleuski were convicted in absentia at the Minsk Municipal Court. The verdict of Judge Piotr Arlou is 15 years of imprisonment for Tsikhanouskaya, 18 years for Latushka, and 12 years for Kavalkova, Maroz, and Dyleuski. Prosecutor Mikhail Kavaliou represented the state prosecution.
Tsikhanouskaya and Latushka sentenced to long prison terms in absentia
