Danish citizen Dennis Christensen will remain in the penal detention center for an additional 5 days. The center's management has, once again, fabricated baseless violations of prison protocol

On July 6, 2020, when Dennis Christensen was about to leave his cell for alleged protocol violations, the prison authorities extended his detention for another 5 days. The reason for this was another ungrounded accusation of violations - a late rise from sleep and unauthorized communication with prisoners.

Dennis Christensen, a Danish citizen and resident of Oryol, sentenced to 6 years in prison, was illegally placed in a punishment cell on June 26, 2020, three days after the decision of the Lgov district court of Kursk Region on his early release in exchange for a fine. The formal reason for this was two reports that he was in the dining room for a meal at the wrong time and that he also did not wear a prison jacket over his T-shirt.

Earlier it was reported that Christensen was sent to a single cell type facility (EPKT), a special isolation facility for persistent violators of the prison regime. However, this information was not confirmed. Christensen himself told his lawyer that he was brought to the EPKT building and was given clothes with patches of this special isolator. However, he was not told where he was. Later it turned out that Christensen wasn't placed in the EPKT, but in a punishment cell (SHIZO) located in the same building.

In order to prolong Christensen's detention in the isolation ward, the colony's administration once again resorted to fabrication. According to the new reports, the believer violated the wake-up time and also carried out "inter-cell communication". In an interview with his lawyer, Dennis called the charges ungrounded.

Before the decision to prolong Dennis Christensen's detention at the SHIZO, the reports of violations were discussed by a special prison commission, during which the believer was not provided with an interpreter, depriving him of the right to sufficiently understand what was happening. The commission also failed to conduct a medical examination of Christensen, which, due to his illness, it was obliged to do both before being admitted to the SHIZO and before extending his sentence.

"Already after the decision to extend the stay at the SHIZO a doctor came to Dennis. Christensen told him about all of his complaints, especially the fact that he has difficulties breathing and his neurological diseases became more intense. The doctor replied: "It's not fatal, your pulse is good." This was related by one of the lawyers of the believer after talking to his client.

As the defense lawyer explains, the violations against Christensen are fabricated in order to gather "support evidence" for the appeal the court decision on mitigation of punishment to the believer, has no real facts that would prevent Dennis from going free. Back in June 2019, after serving half of his prison sentence, Christensen was eligible for early release.