Alexander Ivshin
Alexander Ivshin, born 1957, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Alexander Ivshin”. Sentence (February 9, 2021): seven years six months of imprisonment in a general regime prison. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 10, 2021; place of detention: Penal colony No. 12, Rostov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 11, 2021; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Kholmskaya · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
7 years 6 months
seven years six months of imprisonment in a general regime prison
Upheld April 14, 2021
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
in two districts of Kuban engaged in propaganda and missionary activities in "home" groups, as well as involved other people in illegal activities
Latest event
December 26, 2024 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 11, 2021
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Krai
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
The case of Alexander Ivshin
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
The case of Alexander Ivshin
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Krasnodar Krai
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 12, Rostov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
347803, Ростовская область, г. Каменск- Шахтинский, ул. Морская д. 94, ФКУ «ИК №12 ГУФСИН по Ростовской области», Ившин Александр Евгеньевич, 1957 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Krasnodar Krai. On April 29, 2020, Ivshin's house was searched, he was taken for questioning and then released on his own recognizance as a defendant in the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to involvement in 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 February 10, 2021, he was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime prison, taken into custody in the courtroom.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.