Russia's Crackdown On Jehovah's Witnesses Continues, With At Least Seven More Sentenced

Russia's Crackdown On Jehovah's Witnesses Continues, With At Least Seven More Sentenced
June 03, 2021 14:01 GMT
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At least seven Jehovah's Witnesses have been handed prison terms in Russia amid a continuing crackdown on the religious group, which was banned in the country in 2017.
Representatives of Jehovah's Witnesses informed RFE/RL that a court in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk sentenced Andrei Stupnikov to six years in prison on June 3 after finding him guilty of the organization of activities of an extremist organization.
Stupnikov was arrested three years ago. He was initially kept in a detention center and later transferred to house arrest.

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