Alexey Ershov
Alexey Ershov, born 1953, Tomsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Alexei Ershov's case”. Sentence (April 6, 2022): three years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Tomsk Oblast · Seversk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
3 years
three years' suspended imprisonment
First instance, January 18, 2022: 3 years
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in a conspiratorial meeting in the form of a collective religious service ... consisting of audio and video recordings ... the consecutive singing of songs from a special collection of Jehovah's Witnesses' religious teachings and prayers to Jehovah God
Latest event
April 6, 2022 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 3 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 3 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Alexei Ershov's case
Criminal case
Alexei Ershov's case
Details and sources
Full summary
Ershov's home was searched on July 14, 2020. In March 2021, a criminal case was opened for participation in the activities of an extremist organization. A recognizance was taken. He was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony on January 19, 2022. The real term was replaced with a suspended term by the court of appeals instance on April 7.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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