Evgeny Aksenov
Evgeny Aksenov, born 1967, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Yevgeny Aksyonov”. Sentence (February 17, 2020): two years' of suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, September 22, 2019.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Khabarovsk · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
two years' of suspended sentence
Upheld October 18, 2021
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
in April 2018, publicly read the Bible in translation by Jehovah's Witnesses at a meeting held in the conference room of a hotel complex
Latest event
October 1, 2022 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 22, 2019
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Yevgeny Aksyonov
Criminal case
The case of Yevgeny Aksyonov
Thematic group: The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
Details and sources
Full summary
On 24 July 2019, Aksyonov was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 6 August, a search took place at his home. Put under a personal recognizance.
On 18 February 2020, he was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.