In Bashkiria, Witness Sent to Detention Centre for 52 Days

19 April 2018

Bashkortostan

32-year-old Ufa resident Anatoliy Vilitkevich, arrested on 10 April 2018, is charged under Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code, since he presumably professes the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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Case of Vilitkevich in Ufa

Region:

Bashkortostan

Locality:

Ufa

Case number:

11802800004000045

Current stage:

preliminary investigation

Suspected of:

according to the investigation he participated in religious services, which is interpreted as participation in the activity of an extremist organisation (with reference to the decision of the Russian Supreme Court on the liquidation of all 396 registered organisations of Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Article of the Russian Criminal Code:

282.2 (1)

Investigating:

Leninskiy Inter-district Investigative Department of the city of Ufa of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan

Case initiated:

2 April 2018

`Persons in the case`

`Anatoliy` `Vilitkevich`

`Timeline`

Октябрь 2017	В квартире Анатолия Вилиткевича устанавливается тайное видеонаблюдение с целью выявления его тайных молебнов.
Ноябрь 2017	Оперативники утверждают, что Анатолий Вилиткевич у себя дома с друзьями проводит библейские дискуссии.
02.04.2018	Ленинский МРСО по г. Уфа возбуждает уголовное дело по ч. 2 ст. 282.2 УК РФ в отношении неустановленных лиц.