Alevtina Bagratyan
Alevtina Bagratyan, born 1977, Kursk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk”. Sentence (June 2, 2021): Two-year imprisonment in a general regime colony, three-year prohibition to carry out activities involving publishing… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Kursk Oblast · Kursk · Service workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
Two-year imprisonment in a general regime colony, three-year prohibition to carry out activities involving publishing appeals and other materials in information networks including Internet, six-months restriction of liberty
Upheld January 11, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
studied Jehovah's Witnesses' materials with new followers of the doctrine, "propagandising the superiority of these ideas over other religious teachings, as well as distributing materials with extremist content"
Latest event
January 11, 2023 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· 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 Kursk Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk
Other defendants in the case
- Andrei Andreev — At large, 4 years 6 months
- Artem Bagratyan — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Vospitaniuk Aleksandr Sergeevich — At large, 2 years
- Andrey Ryshkov — At large, 3 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 16 October 2019, Bagratyan and her husband were searched at home and charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 18 October, the court decided to send her to detention. On 17 December 2020, she was transferred to house arrest.
On 3 June 2021, she was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. She is now out of prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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