Week-ending 17 April 2020

Six members of Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Russia face trial
A court in the city of Ulyanovsk will consider a criminal case against six members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a religious organization banned in Russia, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office reports Wednesday. Depending on their alleged role, the defendants are charged with orgzanizing and participating in a religious community prohibited in Russia by court as extremist. RAPSI, 15 April 2020