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Dennis Ole Christensen
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1972-12-18
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He was detained on 25 May 2017, then arrested on charges of organising the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community in Orel, which is banned as an extremist organisation. On 6 February 2019, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
On 23 July 2020, the court replaced the unserved part of the sentence with a fine of 400 thousand rubles. However, already after that, Christensen was placed in the colony’s punishment cell. On 4 September, the court of appeals overturned the decision to replace part of the sentence with a fine. On 26 October, the court of
He was detained on 25 May 2017, then arrested on charges of organising the activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses community in Orel, which is banned as an extremist organisation. On 6 February 2019, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
On 23 July 2020, the court replaced the unserved part of the sentence with a fine of 400 thousand rubles. However, already after that, Christensen was placed in the colony’s punishment cell. On 4 September, the court of appeals overturned the decision to replace part of the sentence with a fine. On 26 October, the court of first instance again refused to replace the unserved part of the sentence with a fine and decided to keep Christensen in the colony.
On 24 May 2022, Christensen was released, after which he was deported to Denmark.
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