Nikolay Martynov
Nikolay Martynov, born 1958, Irkutsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “The case of nine Jehovah’s Witnesses in Irkutsk”. Sentence (March 5, 2024): 7 years of imprisonment in a general-security colony, a 5-year ban on engaging in organizational activities in public or… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 4, 2021; place of detention: Penal colony No. 1, Buryatia. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, October 8, 2021.
In brief
Irkutsk Oblast · Irkutsk · Drivers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
7 years
of imprisonment in a general-security colony, a 5-year ban on engaging in organizational activities in public or religious organizations, and 1 year and 2 months of restriction of liberty
Upheld December 12, 2024
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
While being "an adherent of the religious association "Management Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia", he organised collective religious services consisting of sequential performances of songs and prayers to Jehovah God, and the study of articles"
Latest event
December 12, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 8, 2021
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· 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
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Irkutsk Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of nine Jehovah’s Witnesses in Irkutsk
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of nine Jehovah’s Witnesses in Irkutsk
Other defendants in the case
- Sergey Vasilyev — Location unknown, 3 years
- Yaroslav Kalin — Imprisoned, 7 years
- Sergey Kosteev — Imprisoned, 7 years
- Michael Moish — Imprisoned, 7 years
- Igor Popov — Imprisoned, 6 years 4 months
- Denis Sarazhakov — Imprisoned, 6 years 4 months
- Alexei Solnechny — Imprisoned, 7 years
- Andrey Tolmachev — Imprisoned, 7 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Irkutsk
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Facility: Penal colony No. 1, Buryatia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
671160, Селенгинский р-н, Бурятия, г. Гусиноозерск, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Республике Бурятия», Мартынов Николай Александрович, 1958 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
The resident of Irkutsk. On October 4, 2021, Martynov's home was searched. The next day, the court placed him in custody on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation and financing extremist activities due to his involvement in with Jehovah's Witnesses community. On March 5, 2024, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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