[Russia] - Maltreated En Masse, Russia's Jehovah's Witnesses 'Expect to Outlast' Putin's Regime

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ruling
activities of legal entities
Unregistered groups such as gatherings should not have been affected at all
founded in the U.S
As many as 833 of them have faced persecution for their religious beliefs in the 7.5 years since it came into effect, according to records
But that's really not our goal
first detained in 2018, was transferred to Correctional Colony No
up in this colony
hospitalized with pneumothorax, a life-threatening medical condition characterized by an abnormal collection of air in the pleural space
further hostility from both prison employees and fellow inmates who feared that a possible prison inspection could uproot their
We communicated with everyone kindly, treated them with respect and did good deeds
former cellmates wrote him an emotional letter upon his release, in which he stated that even though he had heard about Jehovah's Witnesses
are just like it is written in the Bible
You are honest, decent, kind and patient
Witnesses were only permitted to relocate from the places of forced resettlement in 1965
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