UKRAINE: Longest prison sentence yet for conscientious objector

Prosecutions of conscientious objectors refused an alternative civilian service are increasingly frequent. A court in Mykolaiv Region jailed 42-year-old Jehovah's Witness Volodymyr Klementiev for six years. "To date, this is the longest prison sentence imposed on one of our brothers since the war in Ukraine began," Jehovah's Witnesses noted. A court in Chernihiv Region jailed 34-year-old Seventh-day Adventist Andrii Skliar for five years, one month. A court in Ivano-Frankivsk Region is due to re