Sergey Parfenovich
Sergey Parfenovich, born 1972, 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 Yuriy Gerashchenko and Sergey Parfenovich”. Sentence (October 3, 2024): 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 28, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Astrakhan Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, July 19, 2023.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · NULL · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
First instance, July 1, 2024: 6 years
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation team, "acting intentionally ... committed active acts of an organisational nature.... consisting in the organisation of propaganda meetings at which texts and religious provisions of Jehovah's Witnesses were discussed".
Latest event
October 3, 2024 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 6 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 19, 2023
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 6 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Yuriy Gerashchenko and Sergey Parfenovich
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Yuriy Gerashchenko and Sergey Parfenovich
Other defendants in the case
- Yuri Gerashchenko — Imprisoned, 6 years
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Astrakhan Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
414044 Астраханская область, г. Астрахань ул. Советской Гвардии, д. 50, ФКУ ИК-8 УФСИН России по Астраханской области, Парфенович Сергей Георгиевич, 1972 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the village of Krasnogvardeyskoye (Crimea). On September 28, 2022, his home was searched. On September 30, the court sent him to detention on charges of organizing activities of an extremist organisation. On November 15, he was transferred to house arrest. On July 12, 2023, the preventive measures selected for Parfenovich were changed to a ban on certain actions, but on July 28, he was put under house arrest again. On July 1, 2024, he was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence. On October 3, 2024, the court of appeal replaced the suspended sentence with a real one.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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