September 2018. Review of the hearing in the case of a Danish believer in Oryol

In September 2018, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Oryol held 4 court hearings in the case of Danish citizen Dennis Christensen, who faces up to 10 years in prison (under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) solely on the grounds that he professes the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses. The case is being heard by Judge Alexei Rudnev.

On September 4 and 5, 2018 , the court examined the materials found on electronic digital media seized during searches from Dennis and Irina Christensen, as well as from other believers in Oryol. Individual files (correspondence) were examined behind closed doors.

On September 25 and 26, 2018 , the court continued to examine the files found on the computers and phones seized from believers. The prosecutor drew attention to materials related to religious topics: books in electronic formats, abstracts, etc. On one of the media, a file was found with the text of a dialogue about faith, during which a website included in the FSEM was mentioned. However, in the course of studying the properties of this file, it was found that it was created long before the period imputed to Christensen, in 2013. Moreover, the file was found on the digital media not of Dennis Christensen, but of another person.

Further hearings in this case are scheduled in the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Orel (Maxim Gorky St., 45-a) on October 8-10, 15-17, 22-24, 29-31, 2018.