In Rostov-on-Don, a court left a follower of Jehovah's Witnesses under house arrest

The Rostov Regional Court rejected the appeal against the extension of house arrest against Ruslan Aliyev. He is accused of participation in an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) due to his membership in Jehovah's Witnesses. The Caucasian Knot writes about this.

Alyev’s defense filed a complaint against the decision of the Leninsky District Court dated April 29, 2020, according to which the supporter of Jehovah’s Witnesses was left under house arrest until June 5, 2020.

• On April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court recognized the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” as an extremist organization, liquidated it and banned its activities in Russia. In August, all Jehovah's Witnesses organizations were added to the list of prohibited organizations. After this, a stream of criminal cases against representatives of the confession began.
• In February 2019, the court handed down its first sentence with real imprisonment - Danish citizen Dennis Christensen was sentenced to six years in prison, his complaint was accepted for consideration by the ECHR.
• In mid-February, mass searches took place in the homes of followers of Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut. At least seven of them reported beatings, humiliation and electric shocks. OVD-Info published the story of the victims' lawyer.