Vasil Kavaliou

Prisoner

Date of birth: 17 August 1977

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
  • Art. 411 — Malicious disobedience to the demands of administration of the correctional institution
  • Art. 369-1 of the Criminal Code — Discrediting Belarus

Sentence: unknown

Prison: Penal colony No. 14

Vasil Kavaliou

Vasil Kavaliou was charged under Article 369 of the Criminal Code (insulting a government official) and Article 369-1 of the Criminal Code (discrediting the Republic of Belarus). The case was considered on October 28, 2022.

He was added to the list of Belarusian citizens, foreign citizens and stateless persons involved in extremist activities.

On June 11, 2024, Judge Liudmila Zinkevich considered the case under Part 1 of Article 411 of the Criminal Code (malicious disobedience to the requirements of the administration of the correctional institution, execution of a sentence of imprisonment).

Mail address: Penal colony No. 14. 222125, Minsk region, Barysaŭ district, s.n.p. Navasady, vulica Miru 1a

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