CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 27 mars 2023

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .s379BC09C { margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s10950C61 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .s5E1364CA { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:14pt } .s339D85E6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s665E407E { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s5FFF0A75 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:7pt } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .s76CF415B { page-break-before:always; clear:both } .s25D5DE94 { margin-top:66pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid; font-size:7pt } .s96D82958 { margin-top:14pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:14.2pt; text-align:justify } .sD00444C6 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:14pt } .s75A32C27 { border-collapse:collapse } .s3695F815 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dfdfdf } .sD7287D91 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt } .sEECE831 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; color:#474747 } .sE8934522 { border:0.75pt solid #949494; padding:1.02pt 5.03pt; vertical-align:top } .s5FFF0A7F { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt } .sE512A940 { font-family:Arial; color:#474747 }   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 “dissemination”, 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 associations”, 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