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Appeal against the conviction of Dennis Christensen

April 10, 2019 Oryol Region Court of Appeal

Appeal against the verdict of the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Orel, which found Dennis Christensen guilty under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and sentenced him to 6 years of actual imprisonment. The document was filed on February 18, 2019.

Christensen Dennis

main sentence served

Region:

Oryol Region

Locality:

Oryol

Suspected of:

according to the investigation, together with the others he conducted religious services, which is interpreted as “organising the activity of an extremist organisation” (with reference to the court’s decision on the liquidation of the local organisation of Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Court case number:

11707540001500164

Initiated:

May 23, 2017

Current case stage:

the verdict entered into force

Investigating:

Investigative Department of the FSB Directorate of Russia for the Oryol Region

Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation:

282.2 (1)

Court case number:

1-2/2019 (1-37/2018)

Court case number:

1-37/1

Considered by the Court of First Instance:

Zheleznodorozhniy District Court of the City of Oryol

Judge:

Aleksey Rudnev

Court of Appeal:

Орловский областной суд

Court of Appeal:

Льговский райсуд Курской области

Case History

Dennis Christensen's last word in the Court of Appeal May 23, 2019
Dennis Christensen's statement in the debate at the appeal hearing May 16, 2019
Additional Appeal Against Dennis Christensen's Conviction April 10, 2019
Appeal against the conviction of Dennis Christensen April 10, 2019
Dennis Christensen's intervention in the debate February 1, 2019
Speech by lawyer Anton Bogdanov defending Dennis Christensen January 30, 2019