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Multiple Jehovah's Witnesses arrested in Russia

20-01-2022

Eastern Europe

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Multiple Jehovah's Witnesses arrested in Russia

Jehovah's Witnesses are seen as extremists in Russia. Picture is from an earlier court case in 2019. Photo AFP, Mladen Antonov

Eastern Europe

Russian investigators have completed an investigation against "extremist" Jehovah's Witnesses. The two 44-year-old men have to go to court now to defend themselves.

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