Russia: Jehovah's Witness Faces 10-Year Sentence

Expand Dennis Christensen in Orel. © 2011 Jehovah's Witnesses (Moscow) - Russian authorities should drop the charges against a Jehovah's Witness adherent for practicing his faith and release him immediately, Human Rights Watch said today. On April 3, 2018, a criminal court in Orel is slated to begin the trial of Dennis Christensen, a 46-year old Danish citizen who has been in pretrial custody for nearly 11 months. If convicted on charges of organizing activities of an "extremist organization," ...