Ivan Shuliuk
Ivan Shuliuk, born 1976, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Ivan Shuliuk's case”. Sentence (May 10, 2023): 7 years’ imprisonment, suspended. 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.
In brief
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Nazarovo · Mechanics · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
7 years
imprisonment, suspended.
Upheld September 19, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
He was a “leader with broad responsibilities” and shaped a “stable belief in the need to continue the activities of the religious organization Jehovah’s Witnesses despite its ban.”
Latest event
September 19, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
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
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Ivan Shuliuk's case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Ivan Shuliuk's case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Krasnoyarsk Krai. He was detained on June 18, 2020, after a search and later taken into custody by a court order on charges of organizing the activities of an extremist organization, in connection with his involvement in the activities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremism laws solely for their religious activity - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new adherents. On July 9, the preventive measure was changed to a ban on certain actions. On May 10, 2023, Shuliuk was sentenced to seven years, suspended.
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.