Anna Lokhvitskaya
Anna Lokhvitskaya, born 1993, Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Anna Lokhvitskaya”. Sentence (July 19, 2021): two years six months' suspended sentence. Status: at large. 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, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Jewish Autonomous Oblast · Birobidzhan · Service workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 6 months
two years six months' suspended sentence
Upheld September 20, 2022
Charges
- 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
Latest event
September 20, 2022 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
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, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Anna Lokhvitskaya
Criminal case
The case of Anna Lokhvitskaya
Details and sources
Full summary
On 6 February 2020, a case was brought against Lokhvitskaya for participation in an extremist organisation. On 20 July 2021, she was sentenced to two and a half years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.