Valentyn Osadchuk
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence, Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2022-05-31
- Region
- Primorsky Krai
- City
- Vladivostok
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
Detained on 19 April 2018 and arrested on 23 April on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 18 January 2019 he was transferred to house arrest. The charge was reclassified from organisation to participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. In March, he was released on his own recognizance.
On 12 November, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 16 December 2020, the court of cassation instance returned the case to the court of first instance. On 1 June 2022, the court of first instance sentenced Osadchuk to six years' suspended sentence.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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