Photo: Denis Timoshin, Galiya Olkhova, Vladimir Kulyasov, Tatyana Alushkina, Vladimir Alushkin, Andrey Magliv
In the City of Penza, Court of Appeal Overturns Conviction of Six Jehovah's Witnesses. Alushkin Must Leave Jail in the Near Future
Penza RegionOn March 25, 2020, the Penza Regional Court quashed the verdict for believers Vladimir and Tatyana Alushkin, Vladimir Kulyasov, Andrey Magliv, Galiya Olkhova, and Denis Timoshin and returned the case for a new trial. Vladimir Alushkin should exit the pre-trial detention center as soon as the hard copy of the appeal ruling is received there.
"The verdict of the Leninsky District Court of Penza of December 13, 2019 [...] cancel, transfer the criminal case for a new trial to the same court by a different composition of the court, change the measure of restraint to Alushkin - detention - to recognizance not to leave and proper behavior, to release him from custody. The measure of restraint for Magliv, Kulyasov, Timoshin, Alushkina and Olkhova should be left the same - a written undertaking not to leave and proper behavior, "the presiding judge read out the decision of the judicial board.
Vladimir Alushkin, sentenced to 6 years in prison, is currently imprisoned in pre-trial detention center No. 2 in the Mordovian city of Ruzaevka. Until the appellate ruling reaches the place of detention, the believer will remain in custody.