Jehovah’s Witness: Russian authorities abort early release of Christensen

LGOV, Russia – Dennis Christensen,  one of the Jehovah’s Witnesses who was due for release from the Lgov Prison has been transferred from the Special Punishment Block to General Prison Population by the Russian authorities. This is taking place after the Russia authorities aborted  his release scheduled for July 6, 2020.

 Dennis Christensen, who had spent the last 15 days in a Special Punishment Block was imprisoned after his arrest at a Kingdom Hall during meetings  with other brothers on fabricated charges.

According to a statement published on Jw.org, the official website of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christensen is in good spirit and his defense team plans to appeal the latest charges, with the hope that it will not affect his request for early release.

Brother Dennis Christensen was scheduled to be released from his punishment cell on July 6, 2020, but the statement added  “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 authorities are lying to ultimately prevent him from qualifying for early release.

Over a year ago, Brother Christensen  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.