Igor Schmidt
Igor Schmidt, born 1972, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The Igor Schmidt case”. Sentence (October 21, 2021): six years of imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 1, 2020; place of detention: Penal colony No. 10, Rostov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, January 13, 2022.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · Sevastopol · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
six years of imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld March 1, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
participated in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
March 1, 2023 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 13, 2022
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Imprisonment begins
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
The Igor Schmidt case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The Igor Schmidt case
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sevastopol
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 10, Rostov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
344033, Ростовская область, г. Ростов-на-Дону, пер. Казачий д. 22, ФКУ «ИК № 10 ГУФСИН по Ростовской области», Шмидт Игорь Яковлевич, 1972 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Sevastopol. On 1 October 2020, Shmidt's house was searched, he was detained. The next day, the court decided to take him into custody in the case of organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. On 23 March 2021, Shmidt was transferred to house arrest.
On 22 October 2021, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
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