Yuriy Saveliyev
Yuriy Saveliyev, born 1954, Novosibirsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Yury Saveliyev's case”. Sentence (December 15, 2020): Six years imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, January 30, 2019.
In brief
Novosibirsk Oblast · Novosibirsk · Pensioners · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
Six years imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Upheld August 9, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
He participated in organising the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community, banned as an extremist organisation.
Latest event
July 19, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 30, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Yury Saveliyev's case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Novosibirsk Oblast
Criminal case
Yury Saveliyev's case
Details and sources
Full summary
He was detained and taken into custody on November 8, 2018, on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. On December 16, 2020, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. The appellate court left the decision unchanged. On November 24, 2021, the court of cassation decided to send the case for a new trial to the court of appeal. On February 7, 2022, the appellate court again left the first-instance court decision unchanged.
Saveliyev was released on July 19, 2023.
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.