Olga Opaleva - Prisoners of Conscience - Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia

Case of Malevaniy and Others in Spassk-Dalny

Name:

Olga Alekseyеvna Opaleva

Born:

1952

Current status:

defendant

Time spent in prison:

two days in a temporary holding facility (Spassk-Dalny), 357 days under house arrest

Detained since:

25 November 2018

Current restrictions:

Recognizance agreement

Biography

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Updated 17 January 2020

Region:

Primorye Territory

Locality:

Spassk-Dalny

Case number:

11802050020000061

Number of the case in court:

1-570/2019

Current stage:

trial in court of first instance

Suspected of:

according to the investigation, together with others he conducted religious services, which is interpreted as organising 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), 282.2 (1.1)

Investigating:

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

Case initiated:

12 November 2018

Other persons in this case

Aleksey Trofimov

Dmitriy Malevaniy

Olga Panyuta

Timeline

12.11.2018

СО СУ СК России по Приморскому краю возбуждает уголовное дело за веру по ст. 282.2 (1), 282.2 (1.1); по версии следствия, незаконно организовал на территории г. Спасска-Дальнего деятельность религиозной организации Свидетелей Иеговы (со ссылкой на решение Верховного суда РФ о ликвидации всех 396 зарегистрированных организаций Свидетелей Иеговы). Невинными жертвами правоохранителей становятся: Малеваный Дмитрий (1990 г.р.), Трофимов Алексей (1959 г.р.), Опалева Ольга (1952 г.р.), Панюта Ольга (1959 г.р.).

17.12.2019

Судья Спасского районного суда Павел Бобрович выносит постановление о назначении слушания по существу дела. Первое заседание суда запланировано на 30 декабря 2019 года.

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