Gaukhar Bektimirova
Gaukhar Bektimirova, born 1976, Omsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Financing extremist activities); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk”. Sentence (November 29, 2020): two years three months' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Omsk Oblast · Omsk · Service workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 3 months
two years three months' suspended imprisonment
Upheld January 9, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Financing extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
participated in worship services
Latest event
August 31, 2023 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 11, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Court ruling
upheld
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 3 months
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk
Other defendants in the case
- Dinara Dyusekeeva — At large, 2 years
- Sergey Polyakov — At large, 3 years
- Anastasia Polyakova — At large, 2 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Omsk
Details and sources
Full summary
In June 2018, Bektimirova was searched as part of a case of organising, participating in and financing the activities of an extremist organisation. After that, she was charged.
On 30 November 2020, she was sentenced to two years and three months suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.