Andrei Bochkariov
Andrei Bochkariov, born 1975, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kazan”. Sentence (February 20, 2023): Three years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
3 years 1 month
Three years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld August 12, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
August 12, 2024 — 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
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict, released from serving the sentence · 3 years 1 month
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kazan
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kazan
- Case number
- 1-23/2023 (1-46/2022; 1-280/2021;)
Other defendants in the case
- Leysan Bochkaryova — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Tatiana Obizhestvit — At large, 2 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kazan
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 19 January 2020 after a search, questioned as part of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 21 January, taken into custody by court order. On 20 February 2023 sentenced to three years in a strict regime colony, but released due to time served.
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.