Galina Kobeleva
Galina Kobeleva, born 1956, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Galina Kobeleva”. Sentence (October 19, 2022): six years' suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, July 24, 2020.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Lesozavodsk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
six years' suspended sentence
Upheld December 20, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated directly in meetings and involved others in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
December 21, 2022 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, July 24, 2020
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Galina Kobeleva
Criminal case
The case of Galina Kobeleva
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lesozavodsk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 12 May 2020, Kobeleva's home was searched. On 8 March 2021, the information appeared about the initiation of criminal proceedings for participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 10 March, a recognisance not to leave was taken. Later the charge was reclassified to organising the activities of an extremist organisation. Initially, Kobeleva was on trial together with several other people, including her own son, Sergei Kobelev. However, on 5 August, her case was singled out for separate proceedings due to her serious illness. On 20 October 2022, she was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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