Dennis Christensen Moved to Penal Colony in Kursk Region

11 June 2019
Oryol Region
Kursk Region

Letters of support to Dennis Christensen can be sent to the Penal Colony #3 in the Kursk Region located: Primakova Street, 23A, Lgov, Kursk Region, 307754, Russian Federation. Emails are also accepted via the “FSIN-letter” system.

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Case of Christensen in Oryol

Region:
Oryol Region
Locality:
Oryol
Case number:
11707540001500164
Current stage:
verdict took effect
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)
Article of the Russian Criminal Code:
282.2 (1)
Investigating:
Investigative Department of the Directorate of the FSB of Russia for the Oryol Region
Case initiated:
23 May 2017

Number of the case in court: 1-37/1

Considering on the merits: Zheleznodorozhnyy District Court of the City of Oryol

Judge: Aleksei Nikolaevich Rudnev

Appellate Court: Oryol Regional Court

Persons in the case

Dennis Christensen

Timeline

19.02.2018
21.02.2018

В Железнодорожном районном суде г. Орла началось предварительное слушание по уголовному делу Денниса Кристенсена, Свидетеля Иеговы по вероисповеданию, обвиняемого в «организации деятельности экстремистской организации». Адвокаты ходатайствовали об исключении из дела недопустимых доказательств.

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