Alexander Lubin
Alexander Lubin, born 1956, Kurgan Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Alexander Lubin”. Sentence (October 7, 2024): a fine of 500 thousand roubles. Status: deceased. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Kurgan Oblast · Shadrinsk · Engineers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
a fine of 500 thousand roubles
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
October 7, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Alexander Lubin
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Alexander Lubin
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Shadrinsk
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Shadrinsk (Kurgan region). On 14 July 2021, Lubin's home was searched and he was detained. On July 6, the court ruled to place him in custody as part of a case involving the activities of an extremist organization, despite his Group II disability. On 28 August, after the defence filed a complaint with the ECHR, he was issued a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. The charges relate to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community - the representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles on the basis of exclusively religious activities: holding meetings and worship services, attracting new supporters.
On 7 October 2024, Lubin was sentenced to a fine of 500,000 rubles. Lubin, whose physical state of health significantly deteriorated after his stay in the pre-trial detention centre, died in November 2024.
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.