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Danish Jehovah's Witness released from Russian prison

25-05-2022

Eastern Europe

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Danish Jehovah's Witness released from Russian prison

Dennis Christensen in court. Photo Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia

Eastern Europe

Russia released Dennis Christensen, a Jehovah's witness from Denmark, on Tuesday. Christensen spent five years in prison for belonging to the Jehovah's Witnesses. The denomination is declared "extremist" and therefore banned from the country.

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