In A First, Russia Jails Female Jehovah’s Witness
Valentina Baranovskaya was sentenced to two years in a penal colony (Representational)Moscow, Russia: Russia on Wednesday sentenced a female member of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith to two years in prison, a first in the country's crackdown on the US-based religious movement.Moscow outlawed the Jehovah's Witnesses in 2017, labelling it an extremist organisation and has since sentenced several members to lengthy jail terms.A court in the Siberian city of Abakan on Wednesday sentenced Valentina Baranovskaya, 69, to two years in a penal colony for participating in a banned organisation, the religious movement said.Her son, Roman Baranovsky, was jailed for six years for organising activities of a banned organisation.The religious movement said Baranovskaya was the first female member of the ...
