JW Russia: ‘Persecuted’ Jehovah’s Witness, 89, faces prison on religious extremism charges in Russia

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An 89-year-old former maths teacher faces up to ten years in a Russian prison on charges of religious extremism in a crackdown on Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Russia outlawed the evangelical Christian group in 2017, categorising it as extremist and on a par with Islamic State and neo-Nazi movements.

Nine Jehovah’s Witnesses were jailed last year after being arrested while leading or organising prayer meetings.

They were jailed for between two and six years. More than 30 others have spent at least six months in detention.

Rimma Vashchenko, born in 1930, is one of eight other residents of Nevinnomyssk, a city in south Russia, who were charged with extremism after raids on Bible study groups by armed police. Four are in their seventies.

Ms Vashchenko, who has…

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jehovah-s-witness-89-faces-jail-on-charges-of-religious-extremism-in-kremlin-persecution-xncd3rwm3

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