A court in the Russia-annexed region of Crimea has sentenced to prison four Jehovah's Witnesses accused of organizing, funding, and taking part in an extremist group. Three were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six years to six years and one month and a fourth to three years in prison. Their names have not been released. Dozens of Jehovah’s Witnesses have been imprisoned in Russia and the illegally annexed region of Crimea since Moscow banned the religious group in 2017 and designated it as an extremist organization. To read the original article by RFE/RL's Crimea.Realities, click here.
Four More Jehovah's Witnesses Sentenced To Prison In Annexed Crimea
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