Maya Karpushkina
Maya Karpushkina, born 1949, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Khabarovsk region”. Sentence (October 10, 2024): 3 years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 30, 2019.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Khabarovsk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
3 years
suspended imprisonment
First instance, June 20, 2024: 4 years
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
October 10, 2024 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 3 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 30, 2019
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 3 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Khabarovsk region
Criminal case
The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Khabarovsk region
Other defendants in the case
- Vitaly Zhuk — At large, 7 years
- Tatiana Zhuk — At large, 4 years
- Stanislav Kim — At large, 7 years 2 months
- Nikolay Polevodov — At large, 7 years 6 months
- Svetlana Sedova — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
Details and sources
Full summary
She was detained on November 10, 2018, as a result of a raid on a cafe in Khabarovsk on November 10, 2018. A criminal case concerning the activities of an extremist organisation has been opened. She was released on a recognizance not to leave. On August 3, 2020, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On June 20, 2024, she was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence. On October 10, 2024, the court of appeal reduced her sentence by one year.
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.