Svetlana Sedova
Svetlana Sedova, born 1969, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Khabarovsk region”. Sentence (October 10, 2024): 4 years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 11, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, January 30, 2019.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Khabarovsk · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
4 years
suspended imprisonment
First instance, June 20, 2024: 5 years
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of an extremist organisation.
Latest event
October 10, 2024 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 4 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 11, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 30, 2019
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 4 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Khabarovsk region
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Khabarovsk region
Other defendants in the case
- Vitaly Zhuk — At large, 7 years
- Tatiana Zhuk — At large, 4 years
- Maya Karpushkina — At large, 3 years
- Stanislav Kim — At large, 7 years 2 months
- Nikolay Polevodov — At large, 7 years 6 months
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Khabarovsk Krai
Details and sources
Full summary
10 November 2018 detained as a result of a raid on a cafe in Khabarovsk on 10 November 2018. A case on the activities of an extremist organisation has been opened against her. Shehad to sign written undertaking not to leave Russia. She was released. On 3 August 2020, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On 20 June 2024, Sedova was sentenced to five years' suspended sentence. On 10 October 2024, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by one year.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.