Recognition by human rights organisations

Unlawfully imprisoned over freedom of religion

555 people

Of these, 1 whose name is not known — counted in the figure above and listed at the end.

The criteria and the procedure belong to the organisations named below; FACTUM reports their decisions with attribution and makes no assessment of its own.

This is not the same as being imprisoned today. Of the 555 people recognised, 306 are behind bars right now. And 1,849 of the 2,155 people currently imprisoned carry no recognition of this kind — see who is imprisoned right now.

Other recognition statuses: political prisoners (1,404) · unlawfully imprisoned over religion (555) · persecuted over religion (499) · persecuted on political grounds (133) · other statuses (27)

• Sergey Melnikov
  At largePrimorsky KraiArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Remzi Memetov
  At largeOccupied territory of Republic of CrimeaArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code8 years 9 months
• Vitaly Merzlyakov
  At largeKrasnodar KraiArticle 282.4 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 months
• Alexey Miretsky
  At largeSaratov OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Orifjon Mirov
  At largeChelyabinsk OblastArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code5 years 6 months
• Dmitrii Mladov
  At largeMoscow OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Valery Moskalenko
  At largeKhabarovsk KraiArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Igor Muravyov
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
• Airat Mustaev
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Farid Mustafaev
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Matlyuba Nasimova
  At largeMoscowArticle 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Artur Netreba
  At largeLipetsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Vitaly Nikiforov
  At largeMoscow OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Farhod Nurmatov
  At largeSaint PetersburgArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Tatiana Obizhestvit
  At largeTatarstanArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Bagavudin Omarov
  At largeArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexei Oreshkov
  At largeNizhny Novgorod OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Valentyn Osadchuk
  At largePrimorsky KraiArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Anton Ostapenko
  At largeKrasnoyarsk KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 3 months
• Alexander Parkov
  At largeRostov OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Ekaterina Pegasheva
  At largeMari ElArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Nikolay Polevodov
  At largeKhabarovsk KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code7 years 6 months
• Gennady Polyakevich
  At largeKomi RepublicArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Alexander Popov
  At largeVladimir OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
• Vyacheslav Popov
  At largeKrasnodar KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code1 year 10 months
• Igor Popov
  At largeVoronezh OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Oleg Preobrazhensky
  At largeChelyabinsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Leonid Pyzhov
  At largeOmsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Valery Rabota
  At largeKhabarovsk KraiArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Islam Ramazanov
  At largeMoscowArticle 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Artem Repin
  At largeChelyabinsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Asret Rizakhanov
  At large with restrictionsMoscowArticle 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code12 years
• Ildarkhan Rizakhanov
  DeceasedMoscowArticle 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code14 years
• Valeriy Rogozin
  At large with restrictionsVolgograd OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 5 months
• Jeyhun Rustamov
  At largeMoscowArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years 9 months
• Sergey Rygaev
  At largeOmsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
• Ruslan Ryskulov
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Andrey Ryshkov
  At largeKursk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code3 years
• Yuriy Saveliyev
  At largeNovosibirsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Timur Sadykov
  At largeTatarstanArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Ferat Sayfullaev
  At largeOccupied territory of SevastopolArticle 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code5 years
• Ilgiz Salakhov
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code10 years 6 months
• Ilshat Salimov
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Ersmak Saraliyev
  At largeMoscowArticle 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code11 years
• Rasim Satayev
  At largeBashkortostanArticle 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years 6 months
• Talgat Satubaldin
  At largeOrenburg OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Viacheslav Semakin
  At largeOrenburg OblastArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code2 years
• Sergey Sergeyev
  At largePrimorsky KraiArticle 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code6 years
• Yurii Sergeechev
  At largeAdygeaArticle 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code4 years
• Aleksandr Seredkin
  At largeNovosibirsk OblastArticle 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code6 years

Who does the recognising

Number of people on this page recognised by each organisation. Criteria and procedure belong to the organisations themselves; their sites are linked where the address is unambiguous.

• Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners296
• Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners167
• Memorial Human Rights Centre89
• SOVA Information and Analysis Centre2
• SOVA Research Centre1