Alam Aliyev
Alam Aliyev, born 1963, Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan”. Sentence (December 19, 2022): 6 years and 6 months general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management of public… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 18, 2018; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Amur Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, September 14, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 29, 2018.
In brief
Jewish Autonomous Oblast · Birobidzhan · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 6 months
6 years and 6 months general regime colony, prohibition to engage in activities related to the management of public organisations for 4 years 6 months, 1 year of restriction of liberty
Upheld March 27, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Committed "deliberate active actions of an organisational nature aimed at resuming and continuing the illegal activities" of a local Jehovah's Witnesses organisation
Latest event
May 9, 2024 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, September 14, 2018
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 29, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
· 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
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan
- Case number
- 1-8/2022 (1-65/2021; 1-609/2020;)
Other defendants in the case
- Dmitrii Zagulin — At large, 3 years 6 months
- Valerii Kriger — Imprisoned, 6 years 9 months
- Sergey Shulyarenko — Imprisoned, 6 years 9 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Amur Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
675010, Амурская область, г.Благовещенск, ул. Албазинская, 45, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Амурской области», Алиев Алам Абдулазиз оглы, 1963 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Birobidzhan was detained on May 17, 2018 after a search for suspicion of organizing activities of an extremist organization connected with involvement in the Jehovah's Witness community. Representatives of this community were persecuted under extremist articles for religious activities such as meetings, joint worship and attracting new supporters. The man was arrested on May 18 and released on bail on May 25 after the court of appeal found significant violations in the criminal procedure law regarding the choice of a preventive measure in the form of detention in its decision to arrest him. On December 19, 2022 he was sentenced to 6 and a half years in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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