Vasyly Meleshko
Vasyly Meleshko, born 1961, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Vasiliy Meleshko's case”. Sentence (August 10, 2021): 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty. Status: at large with restrictions. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, August 13, 2021.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Kholmskaya · Drivers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
3 years
deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty
Upheld June 13, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
gave and listened to lectures based on religious literature.... Engaged in conversations and religious discussions with other participants, participated in collective discussions of religious books
Latest event
July 12, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 13, 2021
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Vasiliy Meleshko's case
Criminal case
Vasiliy Meleshko's case
Details and sources
Full summary
On 7 April 2021, Meleshko's home was searched and he was taken for questioning in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. He signed a recognizance not to leave. On 11 August he was sentenced to three years of general regime colony, taken into custody in the courtroom. The hearings took two days. On 12 July 2024 Meleshko was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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