The court in Sochi extended the arrest period for Jehovah's Witnesses

The court in Sochi extended the arrest of Jehovah's Witness Danil Suvorov until June 13. The Caucasian Knot is about this. Lawyer Sergei Yanovsky said that he appealed the decision.

reports Earlier, Danil Suvorov was charged under two articles: participation in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code), as well as involvement in the activities of an extremist organization (Part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the man, “using his authority as a spiritual leader,” persuaded him to participate in the activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

The mother of the accused, Gulnara Suvorova, was able to communicate with her son in the courtroom for the first time in more than nine months. “My son has been languishing in prison for ten months. Or rather, because he read the Bible to a person who asked him to do so. But, of course, this was just an easy excuse for law enforcement officers to catch a “criminal” and earn themselves a promotion for such a serious crime as extremism,” she told the publication.

Suvorov's defense at the end of April called for the case to be dismissed, since, according to the expert, there was no extremism in the actions of the believer.

petitioned The man was detained on August 18, 2021 - on that day, searches were carried out at his house and at the houses of other Jehovah's Witnesses from the Krasnodar Territory. Equipment, personal notes, postcards and literature were confiscated from believers.

passed - In 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” was an extremist organization, liquidated it and banned its activities in Russia. Later, all organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses were added to the list of prohibited ones. After this, criminal cases began against representatives of the confession. admitted contributed the flow