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    Five Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to 30 years in prison in all

    As of 18 August 2023, a total of 116 Witnesses were in prison in Russia for practicing their faith in private.

    In April 2017, the Russian Supreme Court ruled the activity of the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses” to be extremist and it ordered that the center and all its regional divisions must be liquidated. It ordered that the organization’s property be confiscated in the state’s favor.

    Four believers received more than 6 years in a penal colony each on a second appeal

    On 5 September, the Amur Regional Court upheld the prison terms of four Jehovah’s Witnesses for meetings with fellow believers. Vladimir Bukin, Valeriy Slashchev and Sergey Yuferov…

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