Tatiana Shamsheva
Tatiana Shamsheva, born 1977, Bryansk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region”. Sentence (September 2, 2020): One year of deprivation of liberty, six months of restriction of liberty. To release from punishment due to completion… 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, September 22, 2019.
In brief
Bryansk Oblast · Bryansk, Novozybkov · Teachers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
1 year
One year of deprivation of liberty, six months of restriction of liberty. To release from punishment due to completion of the term of imprisonment
Upheld December 15, 2021
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
December 15, 2021 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
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, September 22, 2019
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Bryansk Oblast
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region
Other defendants in the case
- Eduard Zhinzhikov — At large, 1 year 3 months
- Olga Silaeva — At large, 1 year
- Vladimir Khokhlov — At large, 1 year 3 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region
Details and sources
Full summary
On 11 June 2019, she was detained after a search and then taken into custody in a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 10 February 2020, she was released from custody on her own recognisance. On 3 September 2020, sentenced to a year in a penal colony and released due to time served.
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.