A court in Russia’s Far Eastern region of Primorye has sentenced a Jehovah's Witness to 6 years and 2 months in prison amid a continued crackdown on the religious group. The press service for the region's courts said on June 7 that a court in the town of Luchegorsk sentenced the believer, whose identity was not disclosed, on a charge of organizing an extremist group. Russia banned the Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017 and designated the religion an extremist organization. Rights watchdogs and Western governments have condemned Russia's crackdown on religious minorities. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
Another Jehovah's Witness Imprisoned In Russia
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