THIS IS WHY JEHOVAH'S WITHNESS IS BAN
Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on
Thursday that Jehovah’s Witnesses was
an “extremist” organisation and must
hand over all its property to the state,
Russian news agencies reported.
Interfax News Agency quoted Sergei
Cherepanov, a Jehovah’s Witnesses
representative, as saying that the group
will appeal the decision in the European
Court of Human Rights.
“We will do everything possible,” he
said.
Russian authorities have put several of
the group’s publications on a list of
banned extremist literature and
prosecutors have long cast it as an
organisation that destroys families,
fosters hatred and threatens lives.
The group, a United States-based non-
trinitarian Christian denomination
known for its door-to-door preaching
and rejection of military service and
blood transfusions, says this description
is false.
The religious organisation has expanded
around the world and has about eight
million active followers.
It has faced court proceedings in several
countries, mostly over its pacifism and
rejection of blood transfusions.
But Russia has been most outspoken in
portraying it as an extremist cult.
Its Russian branch, based near St
Petersburg, has regularly rejected this
allegation.
It has said a ban would directly affect
around 400 of its groups and have an
impact on all of its 2,277 religious
groups in Russia, where it says it has
175,000 followers.
Are they really extremist?
Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on
Thursday that Jehovah’s Witnesses was
an “extremist” organisation and must
hand over all its property to the state,
Russian news agencies reported.
Interfax News Agency quoted Sergei
Cherepanov, a Jehovah’s Witnesses
representative, as saying that the group
will appeal the decision in the European
Court of Human Rights.
“We will do everything possible,” he
said.
Russian authorities have put several of
the group’s publications on a list of
banned extremist literature and
prosecutors have long cast it as an
organisation that destroys families,
fosters hatred and threatens lives.
The group, a United States-based non-
trinitarian Christian denomination
known for its door-to-door preaching
and rejection of military service and
blood transfusions, says this description
is false.
The religious organisation has expanded
around the world and has about eight
million active followers.
It has faced court proceedings in several
countries, mostly over its pacifism and
rejection of blood transfusions.
But Russia has been most outspoken in
portraying it as an extremist cult.
Its Russian branch, based near St
Petersburg, has regularly rejected this
allegation.
It has said a ban would directly affect
around 400 of its groups and have an
impact on all of its 2,277 religious
groups in Russia, where it says it has
175,000 followers.
Are they really extremist?
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