Oleksandr Litvinyuk
Oleksandr Litvinyuk, born 1960, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Armiansk”. Sentence (November 30, 2022): Six years' deprivation of liberty in a general-regime colony, deprivation of the right to engage in educational… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 5, 2021; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Ivanovo Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Armiansk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
Six years' deprivation of liberty in a general-regime colony, deprivation of the right to engage in educational activities, activities related to speeches and publications in the mass media, and to post materials on information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of five years, and one year of restriction of liberty
Upheld November 7, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Involved in organizing the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
November 7, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Armiansk
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Armiansk
Other defendants in the case
- Alexander Dubovenko — Imprisoned, 6 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Armyansk
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Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Ivanovo Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
155644, Ивановская область, Южский район, с. Талицы, ул. Школьная, 10, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Ивановской области», Литвинюк Александр Викторович, 1960 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Armyansk (Crimea). On August 5, 2021 Litvinyuk's home was searched, he was detained and taken for questioning. The next day, the court placed him under house arrest on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters.
On September 8. 2022 the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions. On December 1 he was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime colony, taken into custody in the courtroom.
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