Photo: Dennis Christensen in the courtroom
Dennis Christensen receives letters of support
Oryol RegionIn October 2018, during a break between meetings, Dennis Christensen had a few moments to show his friends in the room some of the hundreds of letters of support from Russia and other countries that he receives in prison (see slideshow):
By that time, Christensen had already spent 525 days in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in the Oryol region due to the fact that he professes the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses. The punisher of "heterodoxy" in the region is the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia in the Oryol region, which opened a case and insisted on the most severe measure of restraint for a peaceful law-abiding person. There are no victims in his case.
Christensen admits that the letters, including children's drawings, are a great support for him. He expressed his gratitude to everyone who comes to court hearings to support him. By October 30, 2018, Christensen had already appeared in court 49 times.