Olga Ivanova
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2021-10-24
- Region
- Astrakhan Oblast
- City
- Astrakhan
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 26 October 2021
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Case summary
On 9 June 2020, she was detained after a search, sent to house arrest by court order on 11 June. Charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 25 October 2021, sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. On 22 December 2022, the court of cassation slightly changed the restrictions after serving the sentence: if earlier it was forbidden to leave Astrakhan, now the court allowed her to choose a settlement to live independently. On 11 June 2024, Ivanova was released.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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