Gourami Labadze
Gourami Labadze, born 1962, Tula Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tula”. Sentence (November 20, 2023): 6 years 6 months of suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Tula Oblast · Tula · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 6 months
of suspended imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
December 6, 2023 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tula
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tula
Other defendants in the case
- Evgeny Godunov — At large, 6 years 6 months
- Yulia Popkova — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Angela Putivskaya — At large, 2 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tula
Details and sources
Full summary
On 13 April 2021, Labadze's home was searched. He was detained after interrogation in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 15 April the court decided to place him under house arrest, in July released him on personal recognisance. On 20 November 2023 he was sentenced to six and a half years suspended sentence.
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.