Timur Shoev
Timur Shoev, born 1992, Udmurtia. Charges: Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “Case of Timur Shoev”. Sentence (February 4, 2015): case dismissed. Status: at large.
In brief
Udmurtia · Izhevsk · Extremism cases
Sentence
case dismissed
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
Full wording of the charges
posted on his social media page "an image of Jesus Christ [crucified on a cross] against whom a group of people are committing violent acts" (recognised as extremist material in January 2014) and wrote anti-Christian comments on it
Latest event
February 4, 2015 — first-instance verdict
The court dismissed the case.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
case dismissed
· Persecution ends
· Persecution begins
Case of Timur Shoev
Criminal case
Case of Timur Shoev
Details and sources
Full summary
On 5 January 2015, the Prosecutor's Office of Udmurtia reported that a criminal case on the posting of a caricature of Jesus Christ on the Internet had been referred to court.
The criminal case was initiated under Part 1 Article 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred) against Timur Shoev, a 23-year-old resident of Izhevsk, who posted on his social network page "an image of Jesus Christ [crucified on a cross], against whom a group of people are committing violent acts" (recognised as extremist material in January 2014) and anti-Christian comments to the post.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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