Eduard Belyaev
Eduard Belyaev, born 1968, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); “Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk region”. 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
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Krasnoyarsk · Mechanics · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
being at a public transport stop on Glinka Street in Krasnoyarsk, committed actions of an organisational nature, expressed in the involvement of new members in the activities of the religious organisation Jehovah's Witnesses Krasnoyarsk, distribution of extremist literature and software intended for distance learning of the basics of religion among the members of the organisation.
Latest event
April 6, 2021 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
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
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk region
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk region
Other defendants in the case
- Sergey Tolstonozhenko — At large
- Tatyana Feruleva — At large
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Details and sources
Full summary
On 11 July 2019, Belyaev's home was searched. On 21 October, a case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated. He is under a recognisance not to leave. On 22 June 2020 Belyaev was searched again.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.