Alexander Polozov
Alexander Polozov, born 1970, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Norilsk”. 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
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Norilsk · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking) since January 21, 2020
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
"Continued conducting extremist activities in the interests of the organisation in question": organising meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses, "promoted the activities of a banned organisation"
Latest event
December 11, 2020 — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
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
· 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: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Norilsk
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Norilsk
Other defendants in the case
- Stepan Shevelev — At large
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Norilsk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 20 October 2019, he was detained after law enforcement officers stormed a tourist base where followers of Jehovah's Witnesses teachings had gathered. According to Polozov's wife, it was him they were looking for. Polozov was taken for questioning, after which he was released on his own recognisance. Polozov's home was searched. On 23 October he was declared a suspect, on 24 October he was detained, and on 26 October the court sent him to custody. In January 2020, the measure of restraint was changed to a recognisance not to leave. On 18 April 2022, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.
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.