Andrei Vlasov
Andrei Vlasov, born 1968, Kemerovo Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Andrei Vlasov”. Sentence (May 22, 2022): seven years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 12, 2020; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Novosibirsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion.
In brief
Kemerovo Oblast · Prokopyevsk · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
7 years
seven years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld February 6, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Involved in organising the activities of an extremist organisation
Latest event
February 6, 2023 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of Andrei Vlasov
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
TDF of the Kemerovo Department of Internal Affairs of Russia
Criminal case
The case of Andrei Vlasov
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Facility: Penal colony No. 3, Novosibirsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
630097, Новосибирская область, г. Новосибирск, ул. Звездная, 34, ФКУ «ИК № 3 ГУФСИН России по Новосибирской области», Власов Андрей Валерьевич, 1968 г.р.
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Full summary
Resident of Prokopyevsk (Kemerovo Region). On July 12, 2020, Vlasov's home was searched and he was detained after interrogation. On July 14, the court placed him under house arrest under the charges of organising activities for an extremist organisation due to his involvement with the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Members of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, and attracting new supporters. Vlasov has a disability.
On 23 May, 2022, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime penal colony.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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