Dmitriy Terebilov, whose sentence for his faith expired on September 5, remains behind bars. Back on August 26, the Sverdlovsk District Court of Kostroma ruled to place Terebilov in a pre-trial detention center in the second case – for conversations about the Bible with another prisoner.

The investigation interprets such conversations as “the involvement of convicts … in the activities of an extremist organization.” The man Terebilov had been talking to cooperated with the investigation, pretending to be interested in the Bible.

The administration of Penal Colony No. 1 in the Kostroma Region, where the believer was previously held, forbade giving Dmitriy those letters of support in which the name of God appears. Terebilov faced other restrictions as well. “Whatever he did: read the Bible, prayed to God, told others about his faith, it can be equated to a violation of the law,” says Dmitry’s lawyer. At the same time, none of the above is forbidden to prisoners professing other religious views.

The believer considers such treatment a violation of his rights, so he appealed against the actions of the colony administration in the district and regional courts, but they ruled not in favor of Terebilov.