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September 5, 2024

Court of Appeal

The Case of Valeriy Rabota in Knyaze-Volkonskoye

An appeal hearing in the case of Valeriy Rabota is underway. The prosecutor continues to insist on a punishment for the believer in the form of 6 years in prison, considering the sentence of the first instance too lenient. During the debate, the lawyer draws attention to the violations that were…

August 22, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Salnikov in Magnitogorsk

"The advice and requirements for Christians, which are recorded in the Bible, are essentially anti-extremist. Therefore, my actions — the fact that I met with friends and studied the Bible — were not only peaceful, but also had nothing to do with extremism," Aleksandr Salnikov makes his final…

August 19, 2024

Art. 282.2 (2)

Glazov's case in Yaroslavl

A guilty verdict was passed: 2 years and 6 months of suspended imprisonment.

August 19, 2024

Life in prison

The Case of Danil Suvorov in Sochi

According to Danil Suvorov, the conditions of detention in the colony are normal. His health condition is not bad, but he needs dental treatment. Relations with prisoners are normal. Before him, other Jehovah's Witnesses who had earned a good reputation had already served time in this colony. Danil…

August 16, 2024

Court of Cassation

The Case of Sorokin and Zhukov in Yugorsk

Judge of the Seventh Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction D. V. Kurin refuses to review the appellate ruling. The case will continue to be considered by the court of first instance.

August 15, 2024

Apology from the prosecutor’s office

The Case of Gushchin in Mayskiy

August 7. The Prosecutor's Office of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, represented by the Acting District Prosecutor A.G. Antyshev, makes an official apology to Kirill Gushchin in connection with the unjustified criminal prosecution under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.…

August 14, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

The Case of Voronchikhin and Others in Simferopol

Witnesses for the prosecution are being interrogated - law enforcement officers Yatsenko and Latyshev. Yatsenko tells the court about the operational-search measures against Jehovah's Witnesses in Crimea, carried out since 2017 together with the FSB: wiretapping of believers' telephone…

August 13, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Okhapkin in Kineshma

Andrey Okhapkin makes his last speech.

August 7, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Isakov and Minsafin in Kurgan

In his final statement, Anatoly Isakov says: "Your Honor, how can high-ranking people, for example, the president, members of the Council of Europe, representatives of the UN or you, learn about God? Only the situation with the persecution of believers will create such conditions. And now here I am…

July 30, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Kononenko and Others in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur

The defendants make their final statements.

July 26, 2024

Release from penal colony

The Case of Meleshko in Kholmskaya

May 23. At the request of the correctional colony, judge Nadezhda Kuchukova imposed administrative supervision on Vasiliy Meleshko. In addition to the restrictions imposed earlier, the believer is forbidden to leave the Abinsk district without the permission of the internal affairs bodies. In addition, the…

July 25, 2024

Case dismissed

The case of Samoilova and Others in Rybinsk

March 20. A. Grigoriev, investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Region, terminates the case against the believers and withdraws their recognizance not to leave. The ruling states: "The…

July 16, 2024

Detention center

The Case of Maletskov and Chaplykina in Novosibirsk

There are 6 more people in the cell with Valery Maletskov. They treat him with respect as he is the eldest among them. For his personal qualities and behavior, he received the nickname "intellectual". The attitude of the staff of the detention center is also good. The conditions in the cell are not…

July 14, 2024

Transfer of a prisoner

The Case of Fedorov in Petrozavodsk

Sergey Fedorov is transferred from the pre-trial detention center in Petrozavodsk to pre-trial detention center-2 in the city of Segezha.

July 12, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Gadrshina in Vyselki

The court rejects the lawyer's statement submitted at the previous hearing about the investigator's violation of the terms of the investigation. The public defender submits a second motion to return the case to the prosecutor. It states that this criminal case was initiated unlawfully, since the…

July 11, 2024

Life in prison

The Case of Gerasimov in Kazan

Aleksey Gerasimov is in penal colony No. 12 in Mordovia. There he will serve the term appointed by the court. You can write letters to the believer.

June 26, 2024

Hearing in a court of the first instance

Case of Spirichev in Vyselki

About 15 people come to the hearing to support the believer. The state prosecutor reads out the written materials of the case, including the protocol of the search and the examination of religious scholar Pavel Boyko. The judge grants the motion of the state prosecutor to postpone the hearing due to…

June 25, 2024

Prosecutor requested punishment

The Case of Globa in Unecha

The prosecutor requests a three-year suspended sentence for the believer. "You have not had the opportunity to hear or read about the wonderful future of which the Bible is written. I am glad that I had the opportunity to talk about it," Yulia Globa makes her final statement. At the same session,…

June 25, 2024

Final statement

The Case of Petrenko in Gorno-Altaysk

Sergey Petrenko gives his last word in court.

June 19, 2024

Detention center

Case of Samsonov and Others in Neftekumsk

June 11. 52-year-old Jehovah's Witness Aleksey Shcherbich is detained. The next day, he reports that he is in the FSB department in Stavropol. It is already known that the believer's case has been separated into separate proceedings and he has been charged with organizing and financing the activities of an…

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