Eun Sung Lee
Eun Sung Lee, born 1952, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Eun Sung Lee”. Status: deceased. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Vyazemsky · Electricians · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
- 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 and recruitment of new members
Latest event
June 25, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 11, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Eun Sung Lee
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
The case of Eun Sung Lee
Thematic group: The fifth case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
Details and sources
Full summary
On 27 May 2020, Li's home was searched, he was taken for questioning and then released on his own recognizance as a defendant in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and recruitment of new members.
Lee died in January 2022. On 25 June 2024, he was removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list.
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.