Saubian Salkin
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Sentence unknown
- Date of verdict
- 2022-04-12
- Region
- Ulyanovsk Oblast
- City
- Ulyanovsk
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religionby SOVA Information and Analysis Centre, 23 August 2022
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Case summary
Salkin is a resident of the Ulyanovsk region. He was supposedly detained in the summer of 2020 on charges of participating in the activities of an extremist organization due to his involvement in the Islamic movement Tablighi Jamaat. Its adherents are persecuted solely for their religious activities. Salkin was issued a travel ban. On 13 April 2022, Salkin received a suspended sentence of two years and eight months.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
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