Yun Zhu
- Criminal Code
- Article 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-06-27
- Region
- Tomsk Oblast
- City
- Tomsk
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 13 January 2024
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Case summary
Tomsk resident. On November 29th 2024, searches were conducted at his home and workplace in the case of organizing the activities of an "undesirable organization": according to the investigation, he was involved in the organization of a "Falun Gong" unit. On 25 November, Zhu was placed in custody. On the 27th of June, 2025, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony with a three-year ban on social and political activities.
Others charged under Article 284.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
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