Jehovah's Witness from Saratov extended house arrest

The Leninsky District Court of Saratov extended the term of house arrest for Jehovah's Witness Rustam Seidkuliev by 9 days. This was reported on the website of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia.

Seidkuliev will be kept under house arrest at least until June 29, 2020. The judge forbade the believer to communicate with witnesses in the criminal case and to use all types of communication, including the Internet.

• At the end of May, the measure of restraint for Jehovah's Witnesseswas extended for a month.
• Seidkuliev is accused under the article on participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). The preventive measure was extended for one month, until June 20.
• Rustem Seidkuliev was detained on February 15 in Sochi. The police then said that he was wanted. After five days in a local pre-trial detention center, the believer was escorted to Saratov, where the court placed him under house arrest for two months.
• In April 2017, the Supreme Court recognized the Administrative Center of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia as an extremist organization and banned its activities throughout the country. In August, all communities of Jehovah's Witnesses were added to the list of prohibited ones.
• OVD-Info talked about the life of followers of Jehovah's Witnesses under the ban and how they are persecuted.