Vasyly Meleshko
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2021-08-10
- Region
- Krasnodar Krai
- City
- Kholmskaya
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 13 August 2021
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Case 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.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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