Valery Tibius
Valery Tibius, born 1977, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog”. Sentence (June 20, 2023): 6 years suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, May 17, 2022.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · Taganrog · Drivers · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
6 years
suspended sentence
Upheld August 22, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
involved in the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
August 22, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 17, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog
Other defendants in the case
- Vladimir Moiseenko — At large, 6 years
- Alexander Skvortsov — At large, 7 years
Thematic group: The second case of Jehovah's Witnesses in Taganrog
Details and sources
Full summary
In April 2022, it became known that Tibiy was suspected of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation. On 18 May, he was detained and sent to custody the next day. On 20 June 2023, Tibii was sentenced to six years' suspended sentence.
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.