Ekaterina Samutsevich
Ekaterina Samutsevich, born 1982, Moscow. Charges: Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); “The case of Ekaterina Samutsevich”. Sentence (October 9, 2012): probation. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, April 15, 2015; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 22, 2013.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Artists
Sentence
2 years
probation
First instance, August 16, 2012: 2 years
Charges
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
Full wording of the charges
committed hooliganism motivated by religious hatred
Latest event
April 15, 2015 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 15, 2015
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 22, 2013
- Recognised as a prisoner of conscience — Amnesty International, April 2, 2012
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 2 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Recognised as a prisoner of conscience
Amnesty International
· Persecution begins
The case of Ekaterina Samutsevich
Criminal case
The case of Ekaterina Samutsevich
Thematic group: The Pussy Riot case
Details and sources
Full summary
On 16 March 2012 she was detained on suspicion of participation in the action of the punk group Pussy Riot in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. She was sent to a pre-trial detention centre. During the investigation, she went on hunger strike when her period of detention was extended. She was found guilty of hooliganism and sentenced to two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. The court of appeal replaced the real term with a suspended sentence. During the appeal, Samutsevich's defence insisted that the defendant didn't have a chance to take part in the action, as the guard took her out of the cathedral as soon as she uncovered her guitar.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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