The upholding of Dennis Christensen's sentence has been decried by Jehovah's Witnesses and international human rights groups.
The decision by a court in Russia to uphold a six year jail term for a Danish citizen, arrested for being a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, has been condemned by Amnesty International as an “affront to the rights to freedom of religion.”
From their international headquarters in New York the Jehovah’s Witnesses have expressed their dismay over the ruling, saying that the prison sentence represents a sinister trend in Russian society. Gillies explained that he believed Christensen’s detention in Russia would embolden authorities in a further crackdown against the group’s faithful. In April 2017 Russia’s Supreme Court banned Jehovah’s Witnesses, branding the religious organization an “extremist group.” Since then authorities have engaged in campaign of intimidation against adherents, raiding their homes and arresting them. As a result many Jehovah’s witnesses have fled the country, seeking refuge in neighboring states.
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