{"id":739067,"date":"2019-11-06T13:39:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T13:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/06\/court-sends-jehovah-witness-to-prison-for-organising-prayer-meetings\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T13:39:04","slug":"court-sends-jehovah-witness-to-prison-for-organising-prayer-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/06\/court-sends-jehovah-witness-to-prison-for-organising-prayer-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Sends Jehovah Witness To Prison For &#8216;Organising Prayer Meetings&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure style=\"width: 435px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img parallax-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/bc.marfeelcache.com\/statics\/i\/ps\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sergei-Klimov.jpg?resize=300,160&amp;ssl=1%20300w,%20https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sergei-Klimov.jpg?resize=768,409&amp;ssl=1%20768w,%20https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sergei-Klimov.jpg?resize=1024,545&amp;ssl=1%201024w,%20https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sergei-Klimov.jpg?resize=58,31&amp;ssl=1%2058w,%20https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sergei-Klimov.jpg?resize=260,138&amp;ssl=1%20260w,%20https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sergei-Klimov.jpg?resize=200,106&amp;ssl=1%20200w,%20https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sergei-Klimov.jpg?resize=560,298&amp;ssl=1%20560w,%20https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sergei-Klimov.jpg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1%201240w\" alt=\"Jehovah's Witness\" width=\"435\" height=\"232\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.53333336\" data-height=\"232\" data-width=\"435\" data-index=\"624\" data-media-loaded=\"\" data-img-alt=\"Jehovah\u2019s Witness sentenced to six years for organising prayer meetings\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sergei-Klimov.jpg\" data-lazy-loading-type=\"MEDIA\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Klimov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following the ban of all activities of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses in Russia, a man, Sergei Klimov has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for organising activities and prayer meetings.<\/p>\n<p>The religious group was banned in the country as it has been tagged an extremist organisation.<\/p>\n<p>The Russia State prosecutors had reportedly called for an even tougher seven-year sentence after accusing Klimov of heading a covert Jehovah\u2019s Witness cell in Tomsk, recruiting new believers and collecting charitable donations.<\/p>\n<p>Klimov refused to testify during his trial but Lawyers for the defence said they would appeal against the verdict.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also: Russia Increases Crackdown On Jehovah Witnesses: Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The religious group was outlawed in 2017 by Russia\u2019s Supreme court after classifying the religious group as an \u201cextremist organisation\u201d the same designation used for Islamic State, Irish Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>In Russia, all Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses representative offices have been closed and believers are forbidden to proselytise or distribute religious literature.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Klimov Following the ban of all activities of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses in Russia, a man, Sergei Klimov has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for organising activities and prayer meetings. 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