The prosecution requested 5 years in prison for a Jehovah's Witness from Nizhny Novgorod

On March 29, the prosecution in the debate in the Moskovsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod requested 5 years in a general regime colony for Jehovah's Witness Maxim Zavrazhnov. This is a website covering the persecution of believers.

reports In July 2019, searches were carried out in 35 houses of local Jehovah's Witnesses in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Several criminal cases were initiated, including against Zavrazhnov. He is accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

• On April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court liquidated the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” extremist organization and banned its activities in Russia. In August, all organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses were added to the list of prohibited organizations. After this, criminal cases began against representatives of the confession. admitted contributed the flow