Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Russia
Religion or Belief: Christian – Jehovah's Witness
Date of Detainment: March//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Yuriy Pichugin
Extra Bio Info:
Yuriy Pichugin is detained for his religious activity.
In March 2025, authorities detained Pichugin, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism" (Art. 282 RCC) due to his Jehovah's Witness activities. Authorities confined him at Detention Center No. 1 in Tomsk Region.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Russia
Religion or Belief: Christian – Jehovah's Witness
Date of Detainment: March//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Anton Novopashin
Extra Bio Info:
Anton Novopashin is detained for his religious activity.
In March 2025, authorities detained Novopashin, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism" (Art. 282 RCC) due to his Jehovah's Witness activities. Authorities confined him at Detention Center No. 1 in Tomsk Region.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Russia
Religion or Belief: Christian – Jehovah's Witness
Date of Detainment: March//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Yevgeniy Dodolin
Extra Bio Info:
Yevgeniy Dodolin is detained for his religious activity.
In March 2025, authorities arrested Dodolin, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused him of organizing activities of an extremist organization due to his Jehovah's Witness activities. Authorities confined him at Detention Center No. 1 in Tomsk Region.