Leysan Bochkaryova
Leysan Bochkaryova, born 1981, 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): Two years and six months of suspended sentence with a probationary period of two years and six months. 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 · Homemakers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 6 months
Two years and six months of suspended sentence with a probationary period of two years and six months
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
April 30, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· 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
- Andrei Bochkariov — At large, 3 years 1 month
- 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, sent to house arrest by court decision. On 20 February 2023, sentenced to two and a half years 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.