Eduard Zhinzhikov
Eduard Zhinzhikov, born 1971, Bryansk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region”. Sentence (September 2, 2020): One year and three months of deprivation of liberty, one year of restriction of liberty, to be released from punishment… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, April 5, 2020.
In brief
Bryansk Oblast · Bryansk · Mechanics · Extremism cases, Cases against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sentence
1 year 3 months
One year and three months of deprivation of liberty, one year of restriction of liberty, to be released from punishment due to completion of the term of imprisonment
Upheld December 15, 2021
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
knowing about the liquidation of the Jehovah's Witnesses Management Centre and local religious organisations, continued to participate in the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation, "spreading its ideology by holding talks in public places with residents of Novozybkov, promoting its activities and trying to involve others in the organisation's membership"; since February 2019, collected money for the work of the organisation
Latest event
December 15, 2021 — 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, April 5, 2020
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 3 months
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Bryansk Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region
Other defendants in the case
- Olga Silaeva — At large, 1 year
- Vladimir Khokhlov — At large, 1 year 3 months
- Tatiana Shamsheva — At large, 1 year
Thematic group: The case of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Bryansk region
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 23 October 2019 and taken into custody on suspicion of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation and financing extremist activities. On 3 September 2020, sentenced to a year and three months in a penal colony and released due to time served.
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.