courts have continued to convict

In the first three months of 2025, investigators have continued to initiate criminal cases against Jehovah’s Witnesses and carry out armed raids on their homes, and courts have continued to convict Jehovah’s Witnesses under anti-extremism legislation for exercising their right to freedom of religion and belief (see below). On 3 February, a court in Vladivostok found seven Jehovah’s Witness guilty under Criminal Code Article 282.2, Parts 1 and 2 after one of the longest running criminal cases since the Supreme Court’s 2017 liquidation of Jehovah’s Witness organisation and nationwide ban on their activities. The judge handed two men prison sentences of seven years and six and a half years สล็อต