Additional Name(s): Wangchuk Tso, དབང་ཕྱུག་མཚོ་, 旺秀措

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Date of Detainment: October/26/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Online Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Wangchug Tso

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Wangchug Tso is detained for her adherence to a religious figure.

On October 26, 2023, authorities in Dola (Qilian) county, Tsojang (Haibei) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, detained Tso, accusing her of sharing an image of the Dalai Lama on social media and sharing information with Tibetans living outside of China.

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Additional Name(s): Серебряков Александр Георгиевич

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Russia

Religion or Belief: Christian – Jehovah's Witness

Date of Detainment: September/19/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Extremism Illicit Financing

Aleksandr Serebryakov

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Aleksandr Serebryakov is detained for his religious activity and belief.

On September 19, 2023, authorities detained Serebryakov following searches on Jehovah's Witness homes in Moscow and the broader Moscow region. He was charged with “collecting funds…intended to finance the organization, preparation and commission of at least one of the crimes of an extremist orientation, or to ensure the activities of an extremist community or an extremist organization” (Art. 282.3-1 RCC).

Serebryakov has been previously prosecuted for his religious activities. In August 2022, the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Serebryakov to six years' suspended sentence for his Jehovah's Witness activities. 

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Additional Name(s): Герасимов Алексей Анатольевич

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Russia

Religion or Belief: Christian – Jehovah's Witness

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 6 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December/7/2023

Date of Sentencing: December/7/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Discussing Religion & Religious Texts Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Extremism

Aleksey Gerasimov

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Aleksey Gerasimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 7, 2023, the Kirovsky District Court of Kazan sentenced Gerasimov to six years in prison for “organizing the activities of a public or religious association or other organization in respect of which a court has adopted a final decision to liquidate or ban activities in connection with extremist activities” (Art. 282.2-1 RCC). Authorities had accused Gerasimov of giving lectures about and promoting the ideas of Jehovah's Witnesses. Gerasimov was taken into custody following the verdict. 

On March 22, 2024, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan upheld Gerasimov's sentence.

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