Alexey Miretsky
Alexey Miretsky, born 1975, Saratov Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region”. Sentence (September 19, 2019): Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, one year's restriction of freedom and a ban on… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020.
In brief
Saratov Oblast · Saratov · Teachers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
2 years
Two years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, one year's restriction of freedom and a ban on holding senior positions in public organisations for five years
Upheld September 7, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
he participated in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
September 7, 2022 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region
Other defendants in the case
- Bazhenov Konstantin Viktorovich — Not in Russia, 3 years 6 months
- Alexey Budenchuk — At large, 3 years 6 months
- Gennady German — At large, 2 years
- Roman Gridasov — At large, 2 years
- Felix Mahammadiev — Not in Russia, 3 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Saratov region
Details and sources
Full summary
On 12 June 2018, he was detained after a search due to suspicion of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, released on 14 June on his personal recognizance not to leave.
On 20 September 2019, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony.
On 6 February 2020, he was beaten in the colony. Sent to a SHIZO due to the fact that he allegedly smoked, although Miretsky does not smoke due to his religious beliefs.
On 3 August 2021 he was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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