Yuri Temirbulatov
Yuri Temirbulatov, born 1977, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow”. Sentence (August 7, 2022): Six years and six months of a suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 11, 2021.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Office workers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years 6 months
Six years and six months of a suspended sentence
Upheld November 20, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
From September 2017 to the present day, knowing about the ban on the activities of the Management Center, he organised a community in the north of Moscow where followers studied religious literature and information from other sources promoting the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses. They also carried out other actions characteristic of this association, including conducting online meetings via video conferencing
Latest event
November 20, 2022 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2021
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow
Other defendants in the case
- Alexander Serebryakov — Imprisoned, 6 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 10 February 2021, taken into custody on 12 February on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation. On 8 August 2022, sentenced to six and a half years suspended sentence, released in the courtroom.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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