Natalia Sorokina
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2021-04-21
- Region
- Smolensk Oblast
- City
- Smolensk
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religionby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 2 January 2019
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Case summary
On the 7th of October, searches were conducted in the homes of several residents in the Smolensk region. After these searches, Natalia Sorokina ceased any communication. It was later revealed that on the 9th of October, the court had decided to take her into custody in connection with her alleged involvement in an extremist organization. Subsequently, on the 15th of April 2019, she was placed under house arrest.
On the 22nd of April 2021, Sorokina received a suspended sentence of six years.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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