Forum 18: RUSSIA: "The policy of expelling 'extremists and terrorists'"
29 January 2021 Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 After serving sentences as "extremists" for meeting to study and worship, three former prisoners of conscience face expulsion. One was deported, one may be expelled later in 2021, and one remains in detention as he is now stateless and no country has agreed to take him. "I think that the authorities – that is, de facto, the security services – perceive this measure not as an additional punishment, but as a way to get rid of the problem," says Aleksandr Verkhovsky. Three people – two Jehovah's Witnesses and one Muslim - convicted as "extremists" ...