Marina Chaplykina
Marina Chaplykina, born 1971, Novosibirsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novosibirsk”. Sentence (December 18, 2023): 4 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 19, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 9, Novosibirsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 19, 2023; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020.
In brief
Novosibirsk Oblast · Novosibirsk · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years
deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
Upheld January 14, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
January 14, 2025 — appeal
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, December 19, 2023
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 30, 2019
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novosibirsk
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novosibirsk
- Case number
- 1-16/2023 (1-181/2022;)
Other defendants in the case
- Valery Maletskov — Imprisoned, 6 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Novosibirsk
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 9, Novosibirsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
630039, Новосибирская обл., Новосибирск, ул. Гусинобродское шоссе,114, ФКУ «ИК № 9 ГУФСИН России по Новосибирской области», Чаплыкина Марина Станиславовна, 1971 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 19 April 2019, Chaplygina's flat was searched. She was detained, but then released on her own custody as part of a case of involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 18 December 2023, Marina was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Sources (3)
- Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
- Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
- Memorial Human Rights Centre — Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.