Vitaliy Omelchenko
Vitaliy Omelchenko, born 1979, Murmansk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Vitaliy Omelchenko”. Sentence (September 21, 2022): a fine in the amount of 580 thousand roubles. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Murmansk Oblast · Murmansk · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
a fine in the amount of 580 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
Reliably knowing that the organisation had been banned, in the period from April 2017 he organised the activities of a religious association in the city of Murmansk by holding meetings with participants, personally delivering sermons, distributing religious literature and bringing its texts to the participants of the meetings, involving new persons in the activities of an extremist organisation, as well as other actions of an organisational nature aimed at continuing the illegal activities of the banned organisation
Latest event
January 1, 2023 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 11, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Persecution begins
The case of Vitaliy Omelchenko
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Vitaliy Omelchenko
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 20 January 2020 as part of a case on organising activities of an extremist organisation, spent two days in a temporary detention facility. On 22 January, a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition of certain actions was chosen. On 22 September 2022, he was sentenced to a fine of 580 thousand rubles.
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.