Ilya Degtyarenko
Ilya Degtyarenko, born 1990, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Ilya Degtyarenko”. Sentence (August 28, 2023): 2 years 6 months' suspended deprivation of liberty, 6 months' restriction of liberty. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Vyazemsky · Financiers and accountants · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 6 months
suspended deprivation of liberty, 6 months' restriction of liberty
Upheld November 28, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in religious meetings with co-religionists
Latest event
November 28, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Case of Ilya Degtyarenko
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Case of Ilya Degtyarenko
- Case number
- 1-36/2023
Details and sources
Full summary
On 29 October 2020, Degtyarenko's house was searched. He was detained on suspicion of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. The next day the court decided to take him into custody. On 12 November Degtyarenko was elected a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions, and on 26 February 2022 in the form of a signature not to leave. In September 2022, he was acquitted, but the court of appeal cancelled the verdict and sent the case for a new hearing. On 28 August 2023 Degtyarenko was sentenced to two and a half years suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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