Vladislav Kolbanov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.3 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence, Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 3 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2023-08-28
- Region
- Orenburg Oblast
- City
- Orenburg
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religionby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 8 January 2020
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Case summary
On 16 May 2018, he was detained and placed under house arrest on 19 May on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 12 October, the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions.
On 14 January 2020, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but it later came back to the court. On 28 August 2023, Kolbanov was sentenced to three and a half years suspended sentence.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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