BEKOYEV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA and 32 other applications
Doc ref: 15280/18, 20519/18, 29296/18, 29779/18, 32532/18, 40768/18, 42412/18, 52867/18, 53075/18, 58321/18, ... • ECHR ID: 001-224461
Document date: March 27, 2023
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Published on 17 April 2023
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 15280/18 Atsamaz Taymurazovich BEKOYEV and Others against Russia and 32 other applications (see list appended) communicated on 27 March 2023
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern the prosecution and conviction of members of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, and the banning of their organisations and religious literature, on extremism charges.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. In cases concerning the banning of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious literature as “extremist†publications and the prosecution of individual applicants and local religious organisations for their “disseminationâ€, has there been a violation of Article 9 of the Convention read in the light of Article 10?
2. In cases concerning the forced dissolution of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious organisations for “extremist†teachings and the prosecution and conviction of individual applicants for “continuing the activities of the banned extremist associationsâ€, has there been a violation of Article 9 of the Convention read in the light of Article 11?
APPENDIX
List of cases (all the applicants have been represented by a legal team led by Dr Petr Muzny, Geneva, Switzerland):
No.
Application No.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant Year of Birth Place of Residence Nationality
1.
15280/18
Bekoyev and Others v. Russia
22/03/2018
Atsamaz Taymurazovich BEKOYEV 1973 Tskhinval Russian WATCH TOWER BIBLE PENNSYLVANIA 1900 Tuxedo Park USA Arkadiy Alekseyevich GOBOZOV 1967 Tskhinval Russian Alik Taymurazovich TADTAYEV 1981 Tskhinval Russian
2.
20519/18
Markin and Trofimov v. Russia
03/05/2018
Roman Nikolayevich MARKIN 1974 Polyarnyy Russian Viktor Fedorovich TROFIMOV 1957 Polyarniy Russian
3.
29296/18
Kirov LRO and Dmitriyevykh v. Russia
15/06/2018
KIROV LRO 1999 Kirov Russian Aleksey Ivanovich DMITRIYEVYKH 1977 Kirov Russian
4.
29779/18
Suvorov and Others v. Russia
26/06/2018
Aleksandr Gennadyevich SUVOROV 1980 Orenburg Russian
Natalya Nikolayevna SUVOROVA 1975 Podgorodnyaya Pokrovka Russian Vladimir Yuryevich KOCHNEV 1979 Orenburg Russian Galina Alekseyevna KOCHNEVA 1900 Orenburg Russian Vladislav Sergeyevich KOLBANOV 1992 Orenburg Russian Elvira Ismailovna KOLBANOVA 1900 Orenburg Russian Yuliya Sergeyevna KOLBANOVA 1998 Orenburg Russian Olga Timofeyevna SANDU 1984 Orenburg Russian Sergey Viktorovich LOGUNOV 1962 Orenburg Russian Larisa Yuryevna LOGUNOVA 1971 Orenburg Russian Pavel Aleksandrovich LEKONTSEV 1981 Orenburg Russian
Aleksey Nikolayevich MATVEYEV 1983 Orenburg Russian Oksana Valeryevna MATVEYEVA 1988 Orenburg Russian Nikolay Nikolayevich ZHUGIN 1976 Stepanovskiy Russian Maksim Borisovich ANDREYEV 1971 Orenburg Russian Irina Aleksandrovna ANDREYEVA 1973 Orenburg Russian Boris Maksimovich ANDREYEV 1992 Orenburg Russian Yana Valeryvna ANDREYEVA 1993 Orenburg Russian Tatyana Maksimovna ANDREYEVA 1996 Orenburg Russian Anatoliy Nikolayevich VICHKITOV 1974 Orenburg Russian Igor Nikolayevich DANISH 1968 Orenburg Russian Tatyana Aleksandrovna ZINCHENKO 1963 Orenburg Russian
5.
32532/18
Polyakovy v. Russia
28/08/2018
Sergey Valeryevich POLYAKOV 1972 St Petersburg Russian Anastasiya Andreyevna POLYAKOVA 1984 St Petersburg Russian
6.
40768/18
Klimov v. Russia
21/08/2018
Sergey Gennadyevich KLIMOV 1970 Volgskiy Russian
7.
42412/18
Puyda and Others v. Russia
04/09/2018
Ivan Grigoryevich PUYDA 1978 Khabarovsk Russian Konstantin Nikolayevich PETROV 1986 Magadan Russian Yevgeniy Anatolyevich ZYABLOV 1977 Magadan Russian Sergey Liviyevich YERKIN 1953 Magadan Russian
8.
52867/18
Britvin and Levchuk v. Russia
01/11/2018
Sergey Alekseyevich BRITVIN 1965 Berezovskiy Russian Vadim Anatolyevich LEVCHUK 1972 Berezovskiy Russian
9.
53075/18
Jehovas Zeugen In Deutschland and Others v. Russia
08/11/2018
JEHOVAS ZEUGEN IN DEUTSCHLAND 2006 Berlin Germany WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 1909 Wallkill USA WATCH TOWER BIBLE PENNSYLVANIA 1900 Tuxedo Park USA JEHOVAN TODISTAJAT 1945 Vantaa Finland
10.
58321/18
Bazhenov and Others v. Russia
30/11/2018
Konstantin Viktorovich BAZHENOV 1975 Saratov Russian Aleksey Vladimirovich BUDENCHUK 1982 Shirokoye Russian Feliks Khasanovich MAKHAMMADIYEV 1984 Saratov Russian
11.
223/19
Moskalenko v. Russia
18/12/2018
Valeriy Vasilyevich MOSKALENKO 1967 Khabarovsk Russian
12.
2799/19
Barmakin v. Russia
04/01/2019
Dmitriy Viktorovich BARMAKIN 1974 Zolotaya Dolina Russian
13.
5724/19
Sorokina and Troshina v. Russia
22/01/2019
Nataliya Igorevna SOROKINA 1975 Sychevka Russian
Mariya Vladimirovna TROSHINA 1977 Sychevka Russian
14.
15224/19
Batukhtin and Others v. Russia
18/03/2019
Yevgen Anatoliyovych BATUKHTIN 1960 Karlo-Marksovo Ukrainian WATCH TOWER BIBLE PENNSYLVANIA 1900 Tuxedo Park USA Oleksandr Volodymyrovych GERBUT 1957 Bulavinke Ukrainian Mykola Mykhaylovych GRYNEVYCH 1956 Donetsk Ukrainian Andriy Oleksandrovych YEFREMOV 1963 Olkhovatka Ukrainian
15.
19539/19
Oniszczuk and Others v. Russia
02/04/2019
Andrzej ONISZCZUK 1968 Kirov Polish Maksim Valeryevich KHALTURIN 1974 Kirov Russian Vladimir Aleksandrovich KOROBEYNIKOV 1952 Kirov Russian Andrey Sergeyevich SUVORKOV 1993 Kirov Russian Yevgeniy Anatolyevich SUVORKOV 1978 Kirov Russian
16.
31683/19
Watch Tower Bible and Track Society of Pennsylvania v. Russia
07/06/2019
WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACK SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA New York USA
17.
53503/19
Skrynnikov v. Russia
09/10/2019
Sergey Vladimirovich SKRYNNIKOV 1962 Stanovoy Kolodez Russian
18.
60363/19
Buglak v. Russia
08/11/2019
Irina Gennadyevna BUGLAK 1975 Partizansk Russian
19.
61404/19
Makhnev v. Russia
22/11/2019
Roman Sergeyevich MAKHNEV 1976 Kaluga Russian
20.
65002/19
Karpova and Others v. Russia
17/12/2019
Mariya Viktorovna KARPOVA 1980 Neftegorsk Russian Marat Nazimovich ABDULGALIMOV 1991 Makhachkala Russian Arsen Nazimovich ABDULLAYEV 1979 Orta-Stal Russian Anton Olegovich DERGALEV 1985 Pyatigorsk Russian
21.
14706/20
Bazhenov and Others v. Russia
16/03/2020
Konstantin Viktorovich BAZHENOV 1975 Saratov Russian
Aleksey Vladimirovich BUDENCHUK 1982 Shirokoye Russian Feliks Khasanovich MAKHAMMADIYEV 1984 Saratov Russian Roman Aleksandrovich GRIDASOV 1978 Saratov Russian Gennadiy Vasilyevich GERMAN 1969 Saratov Russian Aleksey Petrovich MIRETSKIY 1975 Saratov Russian
22.
20354/20
Moskalenko v. Russia
18/05/2020
Valeriy Vasilyevich MOSKALENKO 1967 Khabarovsk Russian
23.
35582/20
Klimov v. Russia
11/08/2020
Sergey Gennadyevich KLIMOV 1970 Volgskiy Russian
24.
51125/20
Ivashin v. Russia
18/11/2020
Igor Nikolayevich IVASHIN 1976 Lensk Russian
25.
53357/20
Filatov v. Russia
25/11/2020
Sergey Viktorovich FILATOV 1972 Dzhankoy Russian
26.
53767/20
Gerasimov v. Russia
02/12/2020
Artem Vyacheslavovich GERASIMOV 1985 Yalta Russian
27.
2433/21
Polevodov and Kim v. Russia
28/12/2020
NIkolay Yuryevich POLEVODOV 1970 Khabarovsk Russian Stanislav Viktorovich KIM 1968 Khabarovsk Russian
28.
16437/21
Alushkin and Others v. Russia
15/03/2021
Vladimir Aleksandrovich ALUSHKIN 1964 Penza Russian Tatyana Sergeyevna ALUSHKINA 1963 Penza Russian Galiya Anvarovna OLKHOVA 1970 Rtishchevo Russian
29.
31747/21
Savelyev v. Russia
14/06/2021
Yuriy Prokopyevich SAVELYEV 1954 Novosibirsk Russian
30.
32118/21
Kutsenko v. Russia
09/06/2021
Vadim Aleksandrovich KUTSENKO 1989 Usolye-Sibirskoye Russian
31.
36930/21
Chaykovskiy and Others v. Russia
13/07/2021
Ivan Stepanovich CHAYKOVSKIY 1955 Moscow Russian Yuriy Yevgenyevich CHERNYSHEV 1963 Moscow Russian Yekaterina Yuryevna CHERNYSHEVA 1968 Moscow Russian
Vitaliy Viktorovich KOMAROV 1976 Moscow Russian Yelena Nikolayevna KOMAROVA 1975 Moscow Russian
32.
3673/22
Ivshin v. Russia
06/01/2022
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich IVSHIN 1957 Kholmskaya Russian
33.
14662/22
Baranovskiye v. Russia
25/02/2022
Roman Lyubomirovich BARANOVSKIY 1974 Abakan Russian Valentina Ivanovna BARANOVSKAYA 1951 Abakan Russian
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