Andrey Ryshkov
Andrey Ryshkov, born 1987, Kursk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk”. Sentence (June 2, 2021): Three years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Kursk Oblast · Kursk · Construction workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
3 years
Three years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld January 11, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
held conspiratorial meetings of members of the banned local religious organisation Jehovah's Witnesses (Kursk) and adherents of the Jehovah's Witnesses doctrine, "organising religious speeches, preaching and disseminating the ideas of an extremist organisation at these meetings"
Latest event
January 11, 2023 — 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, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kursk Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk
Other defendants in the case
- Andrei Andreev — At large, 4 years 6 months
- Alevtina Bagratyan — At large, 2 years
- Artem Bagratyan — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Vospitaniuk Aleksandr Sergeevich — At large, 2 years
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kursk
Details and sources
Full summary
On 21 January 2020, he was detained as part of a criminal case on the activities of an extremist organisation. On 23 January, the court decided to take him into custody.
On 3 June 2021, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony. On 20 January 2022, he was released.
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.