Valentina Stepkina
Valentina Stepkina, Tatarstan. “The case of Zinaida Soldatova and Valentina Stepkina”. 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, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Tatarstan · Naberezhnye Chelny · Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking) since June 6, 2018
Charges
No information about the charges.
Full wording of the charges
involved in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
December 11, 2020 — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
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, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Zinaida Soldatova and Valentina Stepkina
Criminal case
The case of Zinaida Soldatova and Valentina Stepkina
Other defendants in the case
- Zinaida Soldatova — Location unknown
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Naberezhnye Chelny
Details and sources
Full summary
27 May 2018 detained after a search in a case on the activities of an extremist organisation, released. On 6 June she was released on personal recognizance.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia