Vladimir Maladyka
Vladimir Maladyka, born 1963, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol”. Sentence (October 6, 2022): six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 1, 2020; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Tambov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 6, 2022.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · Sevastopol · Engineers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
six years' imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld October 11, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
December 1, 2023 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 6, 2022
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· 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
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· 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
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol
Other defendants in the case
- Andrey Zhukov — Imprisoned, 6 years
- Vladimir Sakada — Location unknown, 6 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 3, Tambov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
393265, Тамбовская область, Рассказовский район, п. Зеленый, ул. Центральная, д.6, ФКУ «ИК № 3 УФСИН России по Тамбовской области», Маладыка Владимир Иванович, 1963 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On 1 October 2020, Maladyka's house was searched and he was detained. The next day, the court decided to take him into custody on the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in 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 30 March 2021 he was transferred to house arrest. In November, the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions. On 6 October 2022, sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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