The Appeal in Oryol Upheld the Sentence of 68-year-old Tatyana Piskaryova - 2.5 Years of Forced Labor for Her Faith in Jehovah

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The Appeal in Oryol Upheld the Sentence of 68-year-old Tatyana Piskaryova - 2.5 Years of Forced Labor for Her Faith in Jehovah

May 20, 2024 Oryol Region


The verdict against Tatyana Piskareva, sentenced to 2.5 years of forced labor, entered into force on May 16, 2024, the Oryol Regional Court did not satisfy her appeal. For 3.5 years the believer has been separated from her husband, who was sentenced to 6 years in penal colony on similar charges of extremism.


In March, the Sovetskiy District Court of the city of Oryol found Piskareva guilty of participating in the activities of an extremist organization for attending peaceful religious services. According to the investigation, the believer acted out of religious "hatred and enmity." However, this was not proven in court. The verdict was appealed. "I worshipped my God Jehovah peacefully. No one was prevented from living their personal lives, no one was hurt ... I obeyed the laws of the country in which I live. And suddenly I was falsely accused of something in which I had never participated," Piskareva said, addressing the court of appeal with the last word.


"My completely legitimate conduct, aimed solely at outwardly expressing my faith in ways typical of Jehovah's Witnesses around the world, was wrongly regarded by the court as illegal actions ... At the same time, the law does not consider the confession, including together with others, of the religion to which the liquidated religious associations belonged as a sign of extremism. Therefore, the recognition of a legal entity as extremist is not tantamount to imposing a ban on a religious denomination," Tatyana explained.


In the Oryol region, 8 Jehovah's Witnesses have already been prosecuted for their faith, three of them have been sentenced to imprisonment.


The case of Piskareva in Oryol


Case History


In December 2020, raids against Jehovah’s Witnesses took place in Oryol. Among those to whom the security forces broke in were Vladimir Piskarev and Tatyana Piskareva. Vladimir was arrested. In October 2021, Tatyana also became a defendant in a criminal case for believing in Jehovah God. The believer was accused of participating in peaceful worship. In March 2023, the case went to court. A year later, Tatyana was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of forced labor. In May 2024, the appeal upheld this decision.


Criminal case


Region:

Oryol Region

Locality:

Oryol

Suspected of:

According to the investigation, she "took part in meetings of a banned religious organization."

Court case number:

12102540005000067

Case initiated:

October 28, 2021

Current case stage:

The verdict entered into force

Investigating:

Investigation Department for the Sovetsky District of Orel of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation

Articles of Criminal Code of Russian Federation:

282.2 (2)

Court case number:

1-9/2024 (1-183/2023)

Court of First Instance:

Court of First Instance:

Sovetsky District Court of Orel

Judge of the Court of First Instance:

Dmitry Sukhov


In the photo: Tatyana Piskareva on the day of the verdict near the Sovetsky District Court. Oryol, March 2024

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