Lokhvitskii Artur Sergeevich
Lokhvitskii Artur Sergeevich, born 1986, Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Artur Lokhvitskii's case”. Sentence (February 1, 2021): Two years six months' suspended imprisonment with a probation period of three years. 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 · Emergency services personnel · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years 6 months
Two years six months' suspended imprisonment with a probation period of three years
Upheld December 5, 2021
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
April 24, 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, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· 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
Artur Lokhvitskii's case
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Artur Lokhvitskii's case
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Birobidzhan
Details and sources
Full summary
In September 2019, a case was opened on participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. He signed a recognizance not to leave. On 2 February 2021, he was sentenced to two and a half years of 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.