Andrey Kapatsyna

Additional Name(s): Andrey Andreyevich Kapatsyna, Андрея Капацыну

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Russia

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 2 Years, 10 Months' Imprisonment

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Conscientious Objection

Nature of Charges: Refusing & Absconding Military Service

Andrey Kapatsyna

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Andrey Kapatsyna is imprisoned for conscientious objection.

On September 23, 2022, Kapatsyna was sent to a military unit in Vladivostok after he received a military summons to support Russia's war effort in Ukraine. 

On October 20, 2022, Kapatsyna refused to fulfill his superior's orders to deploy to Ukraine citing his religious beliefs.

On June 29, 2023, the Vladivostok Garrison Military Court sentenced Kapatsyna to two years and 10 months in prison for "failure by a subordinate to comply with an order from a superior...during a period of martial law, in wartime, or in conditions of an armed conflict or hostilities, as well as refusal to participate in military or hostilities" (Art. 332-2.1 RCC).

On August 17, 2023, the Pacific Fleet Military Court upheld Kapatsyna's sentence.

Kapatsyna was transferred to the Magadan region to serve his sentence.

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