Aleksandr Chagan
Aleksandr Chagan, born 1971, Samara Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Aleksandr Chagan's case of participating in Jehovah's Witnesses activities”. Sentence (February 29, 2024): 8 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 29, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 12, Mordovia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, March 2, 2024.
In brief
Samara Oblast · Tolyatti · IT specialists · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
8 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld November 6, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was involved in organising the activities of an extremist community.
Latest event
November 6, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 2, 2024
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Aleksandr Chagan's case of participating in Jehovah's Witnesses activities
Criminal case
Aleksandr Chagan's case of participating in Jehovah's Witnesses activities
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 12, Mordovia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
431101, Мордовия, Зубово- Полянский р-н, пос. Молочница, ул. Новая д.2, ФКУ «ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Республике Мордовия», Чаган Александр Владимирович, 1971 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Togliatti. Since early spring 2022, his home has been searched twice. In September 2022, he was detained, and the prosecution requested his placement in custody, but the court imposed a recognisance not to leave as a measure of restraint. On 29 February 2024, Chagan was sentenced to an eight-year term in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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