VORONEZH, July 15. /TASS/. A district court in Voronezh, western Russia, arrested until September 3 two more out of ten members of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group (outlawed in Russia) suspected of extremism activity, the court’s press service said on Wednesday.

"The court chose custody for suspects Veselova M. and Bayeva S. until September 3, 2020 as a pre-trial restriction measure," the Leninsky district court of Voronezh said.

On Tuesday, the court arrested until September 3 eight Jehovah’s Witnesses members.

As part of the case, ten people are suspected of running a local religious organization headlined ‘Tsentralnaya, Voronezh’ in June 2018-February 2020. The organization, active in Voronezh and surrounding districts, is a part of the Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses, earlier deemed extremist and outlawed by the Russian Supreme Court.

The suspects are Voronezh residents aged between 24 and 56. They were detained after more than 110 searches, during which large amounts of books and other prohibited printing works were seized.

On April 20, 2017, the Russian Supreme Court declared Jehovah’s Witnesses and all affiliated regional organizations an extremist organization. The organization’s activities are outlawed in Russia.