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Last year, Okhotin came to HDS to pursue a two-year Master in Theological Studies degree. His focus at HDS during the three semesters he spent there has centered around “questions of religious freedom and human rights,” Little says...
After brushing up against the persecution of religious activists in the former Soviet Union throughout his life, Okhotin has been subjected since March to the very phenomenon he watched happen to his father, agitated against with Pitts and studied at HDS...
Chanta Bhan, an HDS student who is a former leader of HDS Christian Fellowship, of which Okhotin is a member, organized a 12-hour prayer vigil in late May, which she says involved between 50 and 100 people across the country and in Russia...
Several professors from HDS and the Law School have written letters on his behalf, Okhotin says, including Smith Professor of Law Henry J. Steiner. On July 4, Sonnenberg sent out a form letter regarding Okhotin’s detainment which he says he hopes many members of Harvard’s faculty will sign and send to top American and Russian officials...
...HDS spokesperson Wendy McDowell says caution bred by the murky circumstances kept HDS officials from sending letters earlier in the year...