Ruslan Alyev
Ruslan Alyev, born 1987, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Ruslan Alyev case”. Sentence (December 16, 2020): 2 years 6 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
Rostov Oblast · Rostov-on-Don · Teachers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 6 months
suspended imprisonment
Upheld November 23, 2021
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
involved in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
October 26, 2023 — persecution ends
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
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· 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: house arrest
· Persecution begins
Ruslan Alyev case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
TDF of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Rostov-on-Don.
Criminal case
Ruslan Alyev case
Thematic group: The third case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Rostov-on-Don
Details and sources
Full summary
On 10 June 2019, was detained after a search and the next day was sent to house arrest in a case on activities of an extremist organisation. On 17 December 2020, was sentenced to two and a half years on 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.