Hundreds of Letters From all Over the World Sent to Believers in Detention

18 April 2019

Novosibirsk Region

Photo: Yuriy Savelyev

By April 15, 2019, Yuriy Savelyev, who has been in detention for his faith for almost six months, received 715 letters of support and small gifts. Residents of many countries, e.g. Australia, Austria, Belarus, Poland, Russia, USA, Ukraine, UK and France, acted in support of the 64-year-old Witness from Novosibirsk.

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Case of Savelyev in Novosibirsk

Region:

Novosibirsk Region

Locality:

Novosibirsk

Case number:

11802500019000098

Number of the case in court:

1-820/2019

Current stage:

trial in court of first instance

Suspected of:

according to the investigation he unlawfully organised the activity of the religious organisation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the city of Novosibirsk (with reference to the decision of the Russian Supreme Court on the liquidation of all 396 registered organisations of Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Investigating:

Investigative Department of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Novosibirsk Region

Case initiated:

7 November 2018

`Persons in the case`

Yuriy Savelyev Юрий Савельев

`Timeline`

Июль 2017 — сентябрь 2018	Следствие приходит к выводу, что Юрий Савельев решил вновь организовать деятельность ликвидированной МРО в Новосибирске.
04.08.2018	В квартире Савельева проводится скрытое видеонаблюдение в попытке зафиксировать отправление им религии Свидетелей Иеговы.
07.11.2018	Следователь СУ СК РФ по Новосибирской области Брюзгин А. Н. возбуждает в отношении Юрия Савельева и других неустановленных лиц уголовное дело по ч. 1 ст. 282.2 УК РФ.

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