EVIDENCE
AGAINST
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN KEMEROVO COLLECTED
SOVA
Center
for
News and Analysis, 9 February 2018
On
9 February it
became known that it is members of the Kemerovo congregation of
Jehovah's
Witnesses who are the subject of a criminal case. The case was
opened on 19
January and by 23 January searches in at least 12 homes of
believers had been
conducted with the armed support of Russian Guards. The citizens
were denied
the possibility of making telephone calls or summoning lawyers;
telephones,
tablets, computers, personal effects, and data storage devices
were confiscated
from them. This was reported by the European Association of
Jehovah's
Witnesses. (tr. by PDS, posted 9 February 2018)
Background article:
Unidentified
religious group rounded up by police; Are they Jehovah's
Witnesses?
February 1, 2018
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