{"id":6007,"date":"2022-01-18T14:15:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T11:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/?p=6007"},"modified":"2022-01-18T14:16:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T11:16:56","slug":"another-jehovahs-witness-jailed-a-two-year-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/another-jehovahs-witness-jailed-a-two-year-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Jehovah’s Witness Jailed a two-year In Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

A court in southwestern Russia has handed a two-year prison term to a Jehovah’s Witness amid an ongoing crackdown on the religious group, which has been banned in the country since 2017.<\/p>\n

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The Pavlov district court in the Krasnodar region\u00a0sentenced\u00a0Maksim Beltikov on January 17 after finding him guilty of taking part in the activities of “extremist organization.”<\/p>\n

Prosecutors sought a three-year prison term for the 41-year-old father of three.<\/p>\n

Since the faith was outlawed, many Jehovah’s Witnesses have been imprisoned in Russia.<\/p>\n

According to the group, dozens of Jehovah’s Witnesses have either been convicted of extremism or have been held in pretrial detention.<\/p>\n

The United States has condemned Russia’s ongoing crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses and other peaceful religious minorities.<\/p>\n

For decades, the Jehovah’s Witnesses have been viewed with suspicion in Russia, where the dominant Orthodox Church is championed by President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

The Christian group is known for door-to-door preaching, close Bible study, rejection of military service, and refusal to mark national and religious holidays or birthdays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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