Arsen Abdullaev
Arsen Abdullaev, born 1979, Dagestan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Financing extremist activities). Sentence (November 24, 2022): six years six months' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, September 22, 2019.
In brief
Dagestan · Makhachkala · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 6 months
six years six months' suspended imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Financing extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
For several years, he held secret meetings to study extremist literature and coordinate activities to disseminate the ideology of the organisation, and travelled abroad "to meet with foreign coordinators", who provided him with funding and advice on expanding his activities
Latest event
November 24, 2022 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 6 years 6 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 22, 2019
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan
· Persecution begins
Сase of Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan
Criminal case
Сase of Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan
Other defendants in the case
- Marat Abdulgalimov — At large, 6 years 6 months
- Anton Dergalev — At large, 6 years 6 months
- Maria Karpova — At large, 6 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan
Details and sources
Full summary
On 1 June 2019, detained after a search and on 3 June taken into custody by court order in the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 30 April 2020, added a charge of financing extremist activities. 27 May transferred to house arrest. 25 November 2022 sentenced to six and a half years suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.