Two 74-year-old JW sentenced to three years in prison and immediately detained. Nowadays, 175 JWs are behind bars in Russia
On 12 November, a Russian court imprisoned two 74-year-old men—Valeriy Knyazev and Indus Talipov—the two oldest of the 175 Jehovah’s Witnesses currently behind bars in Russia and Crimea.
Valeriy and Indus were sentenced to three years in prison and immediately taken into custody.
There are now 19 elderly Witnesses (18 male; 1 female) over the age of 65 in Russia.
“It’s patently absurd that Russian judges would imprison peace-loving elderly Christians like Valeriy and Indus,” said Jarrod Lopes, spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses. “These…
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