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In Primorye Territory, the court sent 2 believers to prison
Primorye TerritoryOn March 19, 2019, the court ruled to send two believers from the village of Luchegorsk, Yuriy Belosludtsev and 63-year-old Sergey Sergeyev, who were detained during searches on March 17, 2019 and taken to Dalnerechensk, to a pre-trial detention center for 2 months.
According to preliminary information, they should be held in the pre-trial detention center of Spassk-Dalny. As of March 21, 2019, 25 people are being held in various prisons for their faith, whom law enforcement officers consider to be followers of the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses. Another 27 people are under house arrest.
Meanwhile, a wave of criminal prosecutions for faith has moved along the Chinese border to the Amur region. On March 21, 2019, at least 5 searches were conducted in Zeya, and a criminal case was initiated.