Oleg Gembaruk
- Criminal Code
- Article 116 part 2 item b, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 213 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Region
- Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- City
- Nizhny Novgorod
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as persecuted on political groundsby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 26 December 2013
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Case summary
Detained on charges of involvement in a non-existent extremist organisation; a recognizance not to leave imposed as a preventive measure; on 4 March 2013, the court discontinued proceedings on charges of participation in an extremist community, intentional infliction of minor harm to health and battery motivated by hatred or enmity against a social group due to the expiry of the statute of limitations; the only remaining charge was hooliganism; on 27 December 2013 he was amnestied.
Others charged under Article 116 part 2 item b, Russian Criminal Code
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Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
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