Sergey Lyulin
Sergey Lyulin, born 1984, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta”. Sentence (February 27, 2023): six years one month in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, February 26, 2023.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Yalta · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 1 month
six years one month in a general regime colony
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
March 22, 2024 — preventive measure: ban on certain activities
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 26, 2023
Timeline
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 1 month
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· 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
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta
Other defendants in the case
- Pyotr Zhiltsov — At large, 6 years 1 month
- Daria Kuzo — At large, 3 years
- Taras Kuzo — At large, 6 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Yalta
Details and sources
Full summary
In March 2021, Lyulin's home was searched. On 10 August, he was detained near Belgorod, stuffed into the luggage compartment of a minibus, his hands handcuffed to the handrails under the ceiling and his legs taped to the seat. On 13 August, the court decided to take him into custody on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On 1 March 2022 he was transferred to house arrest. 11 July 2022 elected preventive measure changed to prohibition of certain actions. On 27 February 2023, sentenced to six years and one month in a general regime colony. On 22 March, the court of appeal instance cancelled the sentence and returned the case to the court of first instance, Lyulin's preventive measure was replaced with a ban on certain actions.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- ban on certain activities
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.