Nine Jehovah’s Witnesses living in the occupied territory of Crimea are currently serving heavy prison terms of 54 to 72 months for exercising their right to freedom of assembly and worship in private houses:
- 4 years 1/2: Vladimir Maladyka (60), Vladimir Sakada (51) and Yevgeniy Zhukov (54)
- 5 years and 3 months: Aleksandr Dubovenko (51) and Aleksandr Litvinyuk (63),
- 6 years: Sergey Filatov (51), Artem Gerasimov (39) and Igor Shmidt
- 6 years ½: Viktor Stashevkiy
Releases should not be expected until 2016 in six cases, 2017 in one case and 2018 in two cases.
In Russia the government has not only banned the Witnesses’ legal entities but it has clearly shown its…
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