Jalaudi Geriev
Jalaudi Geriev, born 1993, Chechnya. Charges: Article 228 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Illegal drug trafficking); “Jalaudi Geriev case”. Sentence (September 4, 2016): A sentence of 3 years in a general-regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 19, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, October 14, 2016.
In brief
Chechnya · Kurchaloy · Journalists
Sentence
3 years
A sentence of 3 years in a general-regime penal colony.
Upheld April 4, 2017
Charges
- Article 228 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Illegal drug trafficking
Full wording of the charges
He collected "the flowering tops and leaves" from wild-growing cannabis plants, thereby illegally obtaining the narcotic substance cannabis (marijuana). He then placed it in a bag and transported it to his residence.
Latest event
April 30, 2019 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, October 19, 2016
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 14, 2016
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Chechen Republic
· Persecution begins
Jalaudi Geriev case
Criminal case
Jalaudi Geriev case
Details and sources
Full summary
On 16 April 2016, Geriev was detained, and a package allegedly containing marijuana according to forensic analysis, was confiscated from him. Geriev claimed that on that day, he had planned to fly to the Moscow region but was forcibly removed from a bus en route to Grozny by unidentified individuals. He reported being taken to a forest, where he was questioned about his journalistic activities, tortured, and threatened with death before being coerced into signing a confession for possessing marijuana.
On 5 September 2016, Gereyev was sentenced to three years in a general-regime penal colony.
In April 2019, he was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 228 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.