A criminal case has been opened against another Jehovah's Witness in the Samara region

In the Samara region, on January 6, a criminal case was opened against Jehovah's Witness Aram Danielyan under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization; he is in the status of a suspect. About this on the website covering the persecution of believers.

Danielyan was reportedly detained around midnight at Samara airport. His passport, mobile phone and air ticket were confiscated - the believer planned to visit his homeland - Armenia.

On January 7, the Samara District Court agreed with the investigator and decided to send Danielyan into custody until February 14. This decision was made despite the fact that the believer has a permanent place of residence, a family and a six-month-old child. According to investigator Ivensky, if a more lenient preventive measure is chosen, a Jehovah's Witness may escape or destroy material evidence.

Danielyan’s case under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) was combined into one proceeding with the case against several other Samara believers. According to investigators, all of them resumed the activities of the banned “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” in the Samara region from December 2020 to December 2021.

Three believers in this case - Denis Kuzyanin, Sergei Polosenko and Nikolai Vasiliev - were sent to a pre-trial detention center. that they are in pre-trial detention center No. 1 of the Samara region.

It became known - In December 2021, mass searches of Jehovah's Witnesses were carried out in Samara. At least 10 searches and 16 interrogations are known. Two people reported torture. passed - on April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court "Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia" was an extremist organization, liquidated it and banned its activities in Russia. In August of the same year, all organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses were added to the list of prohibited ones. After this, criminal cases began against representatives of the confession. admitted contributed the flow