12-09-2009, 09:33 PM
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/artic...91133.html
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From forum18 website:
RUSSIA: 34 Jehovah’s Witness publications and one congregation banned
Russia’s Supreme Court has today (8 December) upheld a Rostov-on-Don Regional Court ruling finding 34 Jehovah’s Witness publications “extremistâ€, ensuring that their distribution will be banned nationwide. The Supreme Court also upheld, as part of the ruling, the liquidation of the Taganrog Jehovah’s Witness congregation as extremist. The congregation’s property will now be confiscated, and it will be banned from meeting as a community. Asked why the Supreme Court upheld the lower court decision, the secretary for the Supreme Court’s Civil Cases Division, who would not give her name, told Forum 18 News Service: “The Jehovah’s Witnesses are extremist.†Asked if they have for example killed anyone, she responded: “To a certain extent, yes.†The court ruling opens the way for the distribution of all Jehovah’s Witness literature in Russia to be banned in future. Grigory Martynov of the Jehovah’s Witnesses expressed disappointment, telling Forum 18 that “the decision was taken very quickly and they gave no explanation as to why they upheld the Rostov decision.†He also stated that they will consider whether to take their case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg.
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1385
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From forum18 website:
RUSSIA: 34 Jehovah’s Witness publications and one congregation banned
Russia’s Supreme Court has today (8 December) upheld a Rostov-on-Don Regional Court ruling finding 34 Jehovah’s Witness publications “extremistâ€, ensuring that their distribution will be banned nationwide. The Supreme Court also upheld, as part of the ruling, the liquidation of the Taganrog Jehovah’s Witness congregation as extremist. The congregation’s property will now be confiscated, and it will be banned from meeting as a community. Asked why the Supreme Court upheld the lower court decision, the secretary for the Supreme Court’s Civil Cases Division, who would not give her name, told Forum 18 News Service: “The Jehovah’s Witnesses are extremist.†Asked if they have for example killed anyone, she responded: “To a certain extent, yes.†The court ruling opens the way for the distribution of all Jehovah’s Witness literature in Russia to be banned in future. Grigory Martynov of the Jehovah’s Witnesses expressed disappointment, telling Forum 18 that “the decision was taken very quickly and they gave no explanation as to why they upheld the Rostov decision.†He also stated that they will consider whether to take their case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg.
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1385