Sean Antonio Pike
Biography
Resident of Moscow. On 26 August 2021, detained, the next day taken into custody by court order on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation in connection with involvement in the Jehovah's Witnesses community. Representatives of this community are prosecuted under extremist articles solely for religious activities: meetings, joint worship services, attracting new supporters. For the first weeks, Pike was forced to sleep on the floor in his cell. On 22 December 2023, Pike was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.