PROSECUTOR
ASKS FOR 6 AND 7 YEARS IN
PRISON FOR BELIEVERS IN SARATOV
The sentence
will become known in the
near future
Jehovah's
Witnesses in Russia, 18
September 2019
On 18
September 2019, in the Lenin
district court of Saratov, the prosecutor asked for 7 years
incarceration for
Konstantin Bazhenov, Feliks Makhammadiev, and Aleksei Budenchuk,
and 6 lyears
for Aleksei Miretsky, Roman Gridasov, and Gennady German. All
are being charged
for their religious views as Jehovah's Witnesses.
The criminal
case against six peaceful
Saratovians has dragged on since 9 June 2018. At that time,
43-year-old
Konstantin Bazhenov, 35-year-old Aleksei Budenchuk, and
33-year-old Feliks
Makhammadiev found themselves in a SIZO and they spent 343 days
there. Later
they were released under a pledge not to depart from their place
of residence.
Besides
imprisonment for their faith,
the prosecutor also asked for all defendants to be restricted in
their liberty
with the denial of the right to occupy offices in public
organizations for a
period of one year.
On 18
September the debates began, after
which the verdict will be announced in the next few days. (tr.
by PDS, posted
18 September 2019)
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