Russia’s Supreme
Court on Thursday
issued a ruling
banning Jehovah’s
Witnesses after
the justice ministry
called on it to
dissolve the
“extremist
organisation”.
Supreme Court
judge Yury
Ivanenko said
Russia had decided
to close down “the
administrative
centre of Jehovah’s
Witnesses and the
local organisations
in its fold and turn
their property over
to the Russian
Federation.”
The decision comes
after the ministry
said it had found
signs of “extremist
activity” within the
organisation and
requested that it
be banned.
“They represent a
threat to the rights
of people, public
order and public
safety,” Russian
news agencies
quoted justice
ministry
representative
Svetlana Borisova
as saying.
The group, which
has 395 centres
across Russia, has
vowed to appeal
the decision.
“I’m shocked,”
Yaroslav Sivulsky,
who represents
the group’s
administrative
centre, told
reporters.
“I didn’t expect
that this could be
possible in modern
Russia, where the
constitution
guarantees
freedom of
religious practice.”
Russia’s Jehovah
Witnesses have
had several run-ins
with law
enforcement in
recent years.
In January, the
chairman of the
group’s branch in
the town of
Dzerzhinsk was
fined for having
distributed material
that authorities
deem extremist,
local media
reported.
In 2004 Moscow
dissolved a branch
of the Jehovah’s
Witnesses. The
European Court of
Human Rights ruled
in 2010 that the
move had violated
the rights of
freedom of religion
and association.

Ftc
Bt why do dis people face too much persecution like dis nw

If history is any guide, Russia will find it nearly impossible to eliminate the Jehovah's witnesses. For the Russia govt will find it hard to enforce its ban cos they lack dat manpower. I can't imagine local govt official preventing over 200,000 witnesses gathering in over 2000 congregations more than thrice per week. There are not enough police officers in Russia to monitor the daily activities of each and every witness, and the witnesses know it.

Okay

if this happens in Naija,wailers will cry 'Islamisation '
As if El-Zakzaky is a catholic

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Pierocash:
if this happens in Naija,wailers will cry 'Islamisation '
As if El-Zakzaky is a catholic

so in your mind, this is a good example to emulate? you need help.

The only true believers.. though they invade people privacy.