Vladimir Khokhlov
Vladimir Khokhlov, born 1977, Bryansk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region”. Sentence (September 2, 2020): One year and three months of deprivation of liberty, one year of restriction of liberty, to release from punishment due… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Bryansk Oblast · Bryansk · Security guards · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
1 year 3 months
One year and three months of deprivation of liberty, one year of restriction of liberty, to release from punishment due to the completion of the term.
Upheld December 15, 2021
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
Knowing about the liquidation of the Jehovah's Witnesses Administrative Centre and local religious organisations, he continued to participate in the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation, "spreading its ideology by holding talks in public places with residents of Novozybkov settlement, promoting the activities of the organisation and trying to involve others in it's membership"; since February 2019, collected money for the work of the organisation.
Latest event
December 15, 2021 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 3 months
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution ends
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Bryansk Oblast
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region
Other defendants in the case
- Eduard Zhinzhikov — At large, 1 year 3 months
- Olga Silaeva — At large, 1 year
- Tatiana Shamsheva — At large, 1 year
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region
Details and sources
Full summary
He was detained on October 23, 2019, and taken into custody on suspicion of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and financing extremist activities. On September 3, 2020, he was sentenced to a year and three months in a penal colony and released due to time served.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.