Admin l Thursday, August 27, 2020
LGOV, Russia – A Russian court has set aside September 4, 2020 to decide whether Dennis Christensen, one of the Jehovah’s Witnesses will get early release from prison.
Dennis Christensen was due for release from the Lgov Prison in July 6, 2020. But instead of releasing him, he was transferred from the Special Punishment Block to General Prison Population by the Russian authorities.
“On that same day, the Lgov prison extended his time in this cell five days, based on a new set of unfounded allegations, including tardiness”.
Brother Christensen told his lawyer that the Russian authorities were lying to ultimately prevent him from qualifying for early release.
Dennis Christensen was imprisoned after his arrest at a Kingdom Hall during meetings with other brothers on fabricated charges.
He has served enough of his six-year sentence to allow him to apply for early release under Russian laws. He has applied four times, but the Lgov court and the prison officials have been sabotaging his requests.
“Russian authorities continue to smear our dear brothers in Russia with lies, yet we know Jehovah will help them by giving them peace and ‘surrounding them with approval as with a large shield.’—Psalm 5:12; 119:69”, the Jehovah’s Witnesses said on their website.
Dennis Christensen has been in prison since May 25, 2017. On June 23, 2020, the Lgov District Court mitigated the remainder of Brother Christensen’s six-year prison sentence to a fine of 400,000 rubles ($5,300 U.S.). However, two days after the ruling, the prosecutor filed an appeal that halted Brother Christensen’s early release.
June 25, 2020 KURSK, Russia – The Lgovskiy District Court in the Kursk Region on Wednesday converted the remaining part of Brother Dennis Christensen sentence to fine in the process speeding up his release. Christensen is one of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
