Well, the "officially ruled a homicide" part seems false too, the reference after this sentence in the wikipedia article leads to a tut.by news post, where noth

Well, the "officially ruled a homicide" part seems false too, the reference after this sentence in the wikipedia article leads to a tut.by news post, where nothing is said about "ruled a homicide". But overall, I agree, his case looks unlawful and politically motivated, from what I can find in the public sources (the wikipedia and tut.by) - he was sentenced for stealing computers that US Embassy provided to his NGO, while US Department released a statement that they don't have any claims against him.