BELIEVER'S
DETENTION
IN CUSTODY IN OREL EXTENDED ANOTHER FIVE MONTHS
Jehovah's
Witnesses
in Russia, 23 February 2018
The
detention in
custody of the Dane Dennis Christensen was extended until at
least 1 August
2018; he has already been held in the investigation cell for
about nine months
because he professes the religion of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
The decision on
22 February 2018 to extend the detention was issued by Aleksei
Rudnev, a judge
of the Zheleznodorozhnyi district court of the city of Orel.
Meanwhile, the start of the principal hearings in the criminal case regarding Dennis Christensen was scheduled for 26 February 2018. He is accused of continuing the activity of the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses, which was liquidated by a court. In fact, Christensen does not have anything to do with this organization. He only exercised the right that is guaranteed by the constitution of the Russian federation to "everybody," namely the right to have religious convictions and to act in accordance with them. (tr. by PDS, posted 23 February 2018)
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