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July 19, 2023

Unjust Verdicts

Court of Appeal in Murmansk Upheld the Guilty Verdict but Reduced the Fine for Denis Merkulov

May 16, 2023

Unjust Verdicts

In Snezhnogorsk, Yunona Ilyasova and Aleksey Yeliseyev Were Fined for Their Faith. Speech Therapist and Electric Welder Found Guilty of Extremism for Reading the Bible

March 24, 2023

Unjust Verdicts

In the City of Apatity, the Court Fined One of Jehovah's Witnesses 500,000 Rubles. Denis Merkulov Was Convicted for Discussing the Bible

December 21, 2022

Unjust Verdicts

One of Jehovah's Witnesses, Vitaliy Omelchenko, Will Pay a Fine of 580,000 Rubles Because of His Faith. An Appeal in Murmansk Upheld the Verdict of a Lower Court

September 22, 2022

Unjust Verdicts

In Murmansk, a Court Sentenced Vitaliy Omelchenko to a Fine of 580,000 Rubles for the Peaceful Confession of his Faith

December 20, 2021

Unjust Verdicts

The Court of Cassation upheld the verdict against Roman Markin and Viktor Trofimov from Polyarny — fines for faith in Jehovah God

September 23, 2021

Criminal Investigation and Trial

Denis Merkulov from Apatity had his house arrest commuted to the prohibition of certain actions

August 31, 2021

Criminal trial

In the Murmansk region, criminal cases for faith were opened: a 36-year-old mother of three and a 38-year-old ship repairman are accused of extremism

July 29, 2021

Actions of Law Enforcement Officers

A Wave of Searches in 4 Cities of the Murmansk Region. Roman Markin Convicted of Faith Is Among Its Victims

February 17, 2021

Criminal trial

Murmansk-based Vitaliy Omelchenko's criminal case for practicing one's faith is being transferred to a court

June 19, 2020

Criminal trial

Six months after the searches in Murmansk, the investigator presented summonses for interrogation as witnesses in the Omelchenko case to at least six believers

May 28, 2020

Unjust Verdicts

The Court of Appeal of Murmansk did not change the sentence on Markin and Trofimov. They spent six months in pre-trial detention, so they will pay only a heavy fine for their faith

April 17, 2020

Unjust Verdicts

In Murmansk, the court adjourned the appeal hearing in the case of Markin and Trofimov for the third time. The hearing was rescheduled for May 25, 2020

February 17, 2020

Biography

Typographer Vitaliy Omelchenko from Murmansk is suspected of false religious views. His biography is online

February 12, 2020

Criminal trial

In Polyarny, Jehovah’s Witnesses Markin and Trofimov appeal the conviction against them for their faith

January 24, 2020

Administrative Prosecution

In Polyarny, the court found the believers guilty under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Trofimov was sentenced to a fine of 350,000 rubles, Markin to a fine of 300,000 rubles

January 23, 2020

Criminal trial

Announcement: On January 24, the verdict on believers will be announced in the Murmansk region. The prosecutor asks to send them to a colony for 6 years

January 22, 2020

Criminal trial

Jehovah's Witness and extremist are mutually exclusive concepts." Speech by Roman Markin in the debate at his trial in Polyarny

January 22, 2020

Criminal trial

The date of the announcement of the verdict to believers Markin and Trofimov has been postponed from January 22 to January 24. It will begin at 11:00 a.m. in the Polyarny District Court at 2 Sivko Street

January 21, 2020

Actions of Law Enforcement Officers

In Murmansk, four men in civilian clothes detained a local resident, Vitaliy Omelchenko, on suspicion of believing in Jehovah

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