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Belarus Arrests Jehovah’s Witness at Russia’s RequestFeb. 26, 2020Belarus has for the first time arrested a Jehovah’s Witness at Russia’s request, the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia organization said Tuesday amid an ongoing crackdown on the religious group across Russia.More than 300 believers have been charged or convicted since Russia banned the religious group as an “extremist†organization in 2017. Russian authorities have in the past year escalated the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses with raids and other forms of punishment, Human Rights Watch has said.Nikolai Makhalichev, 36, was detained near the Russian border last Friday and placed in pre-trial detention three days later, the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia said in an online statement. Read more at: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/02/26/belarus-detains-jehovahs-witness-at-russias-request-a69424
I am not and never have been one of Jehovah's witnesses. I've never set foot in a Kingdom Hall, and have never had a book study with one. So I am not speaking from insider bias or prejudice.With that context, I have a simple question: Why?