Yuriy Saveliyev
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2020-12-15
- Region
- Novosibirsk Oblast
- City
- Novosibirsk
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 8 January 2020
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Case 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.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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