Artem Velichko
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Jehovah's Witnesses
- Region
- Mordovia
- City
- Saransk
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 22 February 2023
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Case summary
A resident of Saransk. On 14 February 2023, he was detained after a search, and on 17 February he was taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with membership in the community of Jehovah's Witnesses banned in Russia. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely because of their religious activities - holding meetings and worship services and attracting new supporters. On 3 May 2023, Neverov was transferred to house arrest, and on 4 August 2023, the preventive measure was replaced with a ban on certain actions.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
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