Olga Silaeva
Olga Silaeva, born 1988, 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 be released from punishment due to… 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 · Engineers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
1 year
one year of deprivation of liberty, six months of restriction of liberty, to be released 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
- Vladimir Khokhlov — At large, 1 year 3 months
- Tatiana Shamsheva — At large, 1 year
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region
Details and sources
Full summary
On 11 June 2019, 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, released from custody. 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.