Sergey Rayman
Sergey Rayman, born 1996, Kostroma Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kostroma”. Sentence (August 8, 2022): three years' conditioned prison sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020.
In brief
Kostroma Oblast · Kostroma · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
3 years
three years' conditioned prison sentence
First instance, October 8, 2020: 8 years
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
held meetings of the banned local religious organisation of Jehovah's Witnesses of Kostroma, where the ideology of the organisation was discussed and its activities promoted
Latest event
August 8, 2022 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kostroma Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kostroma
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kostroma
Other defendants in the case
- Valerie Ryman — At large, 2 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kostroma
Details and sources
Full summary
July 25th 2018, he was detained and July 26th arrested on charges of organising and participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. On September 21st, transferred under house arrest. In October, a measure of restriction was chosen in the form of a ban on certain actions. In January 2019 - in the form of a personal recognizance.
On September 25th, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.
On October 9th 2020,he was sentenced to eight years' suspended sentence. On February 26th 2021, the appeals court reduced the sentence to three years suspended. On February 10th 2022, the court of cassation instance returned the case to the court of appeal on the prosecution's complaint. On March 30th, the appeal court dismissed the charge of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and re-sentenced Rayman to a three-year suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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