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Pavel Guild

Location unknownChecked October 18, 2026

Pavel Guild, born 1998, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Pavel Gilda”. Status: location unknown. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, November 5, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.

In brief

Rostov Oblast · Rostov-on-Don · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses

Sentence

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Charges

Full wording of the charges

participated in the activities of an extremist organisation

Latest event

November 5, 2020 — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  2. · Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  3. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  4. · Persecution begins

    The case of Pavel Gilda

Criminal case

The case of Pavel Gilda

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Rostov-on-Don

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On 6 June 2019, he became a suspect in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation.

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