Andrei Bannykh
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-11-25
- Region
- Sverdlovsk Oblast
- City
- NULL
Case summary
Resident of the Sverdlovsk region. Was one of the applicants in a collective complaint by Russian Jehovah's Witnesses to the ECHR. On June 7, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights declared the ban on organisations of believers and the ensuing persecution of believers unlawful. The Russian authorities are prosecuting members of this community under extremist articles solely for religious activities - meetings, collective worship, and attracting new supporters. On April 14, 2023, Bannykh's home was searched, he was interrogated and later charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On November 25, 2024, Bannykh was sentenced to a six-year suspended sentence.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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