Andrey Danielyan
Andrey Danielyan, born 1969, Altai Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Andrei Danielyan on the activities of an extremist organisation”. Sentence (November 6, 2022): 6 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, deprivation of the right to engage in organisational… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 7, 2022; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Omsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, November 7, 2022.
In brief
Altai Krai · Rubtsovsk · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, deprivation of the right to engage in organisational activities in religious associations and religious organisations for 5 years, and 1 year's restriction of liberty
Upheld November 30, 2023
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 version of the investigation, "carried out preaching activities ... conducted prayers for all those gathered and discussed the holding of subsequent meetings".
Latest event
November 30, 2023 — 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, November 7, 2022
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Andrei Danielyan on the activities of an extremist organisation
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
The case of Andrei Danielyan on the activities of an extremist organisation
- Case number
- 1-501/2022
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Omsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
644007, Омская область, г. Омск, ул. Орджоникидзе, 86, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Омской области, Даниелян Андрей Эмикович, 1969 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Labourer from Rubtsovsk (Altai Krai). Led a local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses until they were banned by the Supreme Court. In May 2021, a search was conducted with the participation of FSB officers. Initially a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation was initiated, later the charge was reclassified to organising such activities due to involvement in the community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.
Danielyan spent almost a year and a half under a recognisance not to leave the country. On 7 November 2022, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
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.