{"id":10465,"date":"2024-12-07T12:22:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T11:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/?p=10465"},"modified":"2024-12-20T12:26:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T11:26:13","slug":"russia-sentenced-a-person-to-14-years-in-prison-for-publicly-burning-the-quran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/2024\/12\/07\/russia-sentenced-a-person-to-14-years-in-prison-for-publicly-burning-the-quran\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Sentenced a Person to 14 Years in Prison for Publicly Burning the Quran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Original article<\/em><\/a> (in Albanian) was published on 04\/12\/2024; Author:<\/em> Pustina Patris<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claim: Russia sentenced a young man to 14 years in prison for the public burning of the Quran
Verdict: Context lacking<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Albanian-speaking social media, reports are circulating<\/a> that a Russian man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for publicly burning the Quran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"ANikita Zhuravel<\/a>, a 20-year-old Russian man detained in Chechnya, was indeed sentenced to 14 years in prison on November 25, but the charge was for high treason, not for burning the Quran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Zhuravel was found guilty of burning the religious book, the verdict for that incident was issued in February, with a sentence of 3.5 years in prison. He had been serving that sentence for several months when Russian prosecutors charged him with treason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Volgograd court<\/a> subsequently sentenced<\/a> him to 14 years for high treason<\/a>. In October, Zhuravel was accused<\/a> of recording a freight train carrying military equipment and fighter jets, then sending the footage to Ukrainian intelligence services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This charge came months after his initial conviction for violating religious freedom laws<\/a> and hooliganism<\/a> in connection with the Quran burning<\/a>. He was arrested<\/a> by authorities in May 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While in detention that August, Zhuravel was assaulted by the 15-year-old son of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov<\/a>. Kadyrov publicly supported<\/a> his son’s actions, stating that it would have been better if his son had killed Zhuravel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam Kadyrov was later honored with the title ‘Hero of the Chechen Republic,’ the highest recognition in the region, and received further praise from several Russian regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The human rights organization Memorial<\/a> has recognized Zhuravel as a political prisoner, casting doubt on the charges of burning the Quran and criticizing his transfer from Volgograd to Chechnya, a region predominantly Muslim, for investigation and trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organization has also condemned the violence Zhuravel endured in detention as a serious legal violation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Original article (in Albanian) was published on 04\/12\/2024; Author: Pustina Patris Claim: Russia sentenced a young man to 14 years in prison for the public burning of the QuranVerdict: Context lacking On Albanian-speaking social media, reports are circulating that a Russian man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for publicly burning the Quran. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-checks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t