Trial of the Sixteen (2011–2015)

The Trial of the Sixteen was a 2011–2015 trial of Jehovah's Witnesses in the city of Taganrog, Russia. Sixteen Jehovah's Witnesses were arrested and charged with organising a criminal group and participating in extremist activities involving minors.

As a result of the first trial, lasting from 2011 to 2014, seven of the sixteen were found guilty and sentenced. In August 2014, both the defence and prosecution appealed, and on 12 December 2014, the original verdict was discarded. On 26 December 2014, the case was sent to retrial, and ended with another verdict on 30 November 2015 finding all sixteen defendants guilty. On 18 March 2016, the sentence was confirmed by Russia's Judicial Collegium.

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