State Dept condemns Russia's crackdown on Jehovah's Witnesses
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- United States
The United States on Thursday condemned Russia's continued crackdown on Jehovah's Witnesses and other peaceful religious minorities in the strongest possible terms, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses to 7.5 years in prison, while in Moscow state investigators opened a new criminal investigation into the group.
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