Stanislav Kim
Stanislav Kim, born 1968, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Khabarovsk region”, opened on November 10, 2018. Sentence (October 10, 2024): 7 years 2 months' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 5 years; previously convicted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, June 27, 2024; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Khabarovsk · Lawyers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
Two years' suspended sentence on probation for two years
Upheld July 1, 2020
Other verdicts
- October 10, 2024 — 7 years 2 months' suspended sentence with a probationary period of 5 years
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community
Latest event
October 10, 2024 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 7 years 2 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 27, 2024
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 11, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 30, 2019
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 7 years 2 months
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years 2 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
2 years
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory
· Criminal case opened
The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Khabarovsk region
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
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
- Maya Karpushkina — At large, 3 years
- 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
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
Other defendants in the case
- Nikolay Polevodov — At large, 2 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained as a result of a raid on a cafe in Khabarovsk on 10 November 2018. On November 12, he was taken into custody by court order on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. In March 2019, he was placed under house arrest. In February 2020, he was released from house arrest. On 3 August, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On 20 June 2024, Kim was sentenced to eight years and two months in a general regime penal colony. On 10 October 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by one year and replaced the actual punishment with a suspended sentence.
In May 2019, he was also charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. In this case, on 4 February 2020, he was sentenced to a two years suspended.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Sources (3)
- Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
- Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
- Memorial Human Rights Centre — Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.