Two Jehovah's Witnesses are convicted of extremism in Russia and four more arrested, one of whom reports being tortured in custody, the religious group says.
FILE In this file image taken from video, on Thursday, May 23, 2019 Dennis Christensen shows a picture in a court room in Oryol, Russia, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Two Jehovah's Witnesses were convicted of extremism in Russia and four more arrested, one of whom reported being tortured in custody. Russia officially banned Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017 and declared the group an extremist organization. Crackdown on the group has intensified since then.
A court in Kamchatka on Friday sentenced Mikhail Popov and his wife Yelena to fines of 350,000 and 300,000 rubles for engaging in extremist activities related to their membership in the Jehovah’s Witnesses. “He is currently in custody — in pain and worried about his family, because he was threatened that something could happen to his wife,” Ganin said.Russia officially banned Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017 and declared the group an extremist organization. The Kremlin has actively used vaguely worded extremism laws to crack down on opposition activists and religious minorities.
The crackdown on members of the group continues despite a promise by Russian President Vladimir Putin to look into “this complete nonsense.”
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