Alexei Gerasimov
Alexei Gerasimov, born 1980, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Alexei Gerasimov on the organising the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses”. Sentence (December 7, 2023): 6 years imprisonment. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 7, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 12, Mordovia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Drivers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment
Upheld March 22, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, Alexei continued to meet with fellow believers to discuss the Holy Scriptures, which the authorities considered undermining the foundations of Russia's constitutional order.
Latest event
July 17, 2024 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Alexei Gerasimov on the organising the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses
Criminal case
The case of Alexei Gerasimov on the organising the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 12, Mordovia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
431101, Мордовия, Зубово- Полянский р-н, пос. Молочница, ул. Новая д.2, ФКУ «ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Республике Мордовия», Герасимов Алексей Анатольевич, 1980 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Driver from Kazan. In March 2022, searches were conducted in the homes of believers in Kazan, including Gerasimov's, who was also interrogated. In September 2022, he was brought as a defendant in a case of organising the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.
On 7 December 2023, Gerasimov was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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