Anatoly Senin
Anatoly Senin, born 1979, Tuva. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tyva”. Sentence (January 12, 2023): six years of suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Tuva · Kyzyl · Manual workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
six years of suspended sentence
Upheld June 8, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
June 8, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tyva
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tyva
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Tyva
Details and sources
Full summary
On 28 January 2021, Senin's home was searched and he was detained. On 30 January, the court sent him to house arrest on charges of involvement in an extremist organisation. On 27 March was released on personal recognizance. On 12 January 2023 he was sentenced to six years of suspended sentence.
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.