Photo: Invasion of Jehovah's Witnesses' homes in Nizhny Novgorod Region (July 2019)
On July 16 and 17, 2019, security forces conducted about 10 searches in the houses of Witnesses in Nizhny Novgorod and the town of Pavlovo (Nizhny Novgorod Region). In at least one instance, agents forced the residents to lie on the floor. Detained men and women were interrogated.