Gonhi Jahi
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Region
- Tomsk Oblast
- City
- Tomsk
- Address for letters
- 634510, Россия, Томская область, г. Томск, ул. Пушкина, 48, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Томской области, Джахи Гонхи Венанс, 1998 г.р.
Case summary
Resident of Tomsk, student citizen of Côte d'Ivoire.
On 30 May 2025, law enforcers came to search Jehovah's Witnesses at least four addresses in Tomsk. As a result, they detained four believers aged 24 to 65: Anton Novopashin, a Kazakh citizen, Gonhi Jahi, a student from Côte d'Ivoire, Andrei Plekhanov and Yuri Pichugin, who had recently suffered a stroke. They are being held as defendants in a case of participation in extremist activities. All of them have been remanded in custody.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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