Anna Yermak
Anna Yermak, born 1982, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya”. Sentence (December 1, 2021): four years six months' detention in a general regime penal colony. Status: location unknown. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Kholmskaya · Financiers and accountants · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years 6 months
four years six months' detention in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
recruited a local woman into the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
December 1, 2021 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 4 years 6 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 6 months
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya
Other defendants in the case
- Olga Ponomareva — Location unknown, 5 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kholmskaya
Details and sources
Full summary
In April 2021 it became known about the initiation of a criminal case. Yermak is suspected of recruiting a local resident into the activities of an extremist organization. A signature of non-departure was taken. December 2, 2021 was sentenced in absentia to four and a half years imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.