Vadym Levchuk
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime), Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 4 years
- Date of verdict
- 2020-09-01
- Region
- Kemerovo Oblast
- City
- Beryozovsky
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 15 September 2018
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Case summary
On 22 July 2018, detained after a search and arrested on 24 July on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 26 December 2019, he was transferred to house arrest.
On 2 September 2020, sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. He was released on 30 December 2021.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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