Ekaterina Demidova
Ekaterina Demidova, born 1956, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of four more Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea”. Status: location unknown. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, she "took active measures of an organisational nature, expressed in the organisation of propagandist meetings at which discussions of religious texts and provisions of Jehovah's Witnesses were held".
Latest event
December 8, 2023 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of four more Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea
Criminal case
The case of four more Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea
Other defendants in the case
- Alexander Voronchikhin — Location unknown
- Dmitry Zakharevich — Under house arrest
- Alexander Kopylets — Under house arrest
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Crimea. On 30 November 2023, she was given a recognisance not to abscond as part of her sentence for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted as extremists solely because of their religious activities - holding gatherings and mass and recruiting new supporters. In December 2023, the case was remanded to the prosecutor's office. In May 2024, the case went back to court.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.