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Agreed, Jehovah is shaking the nations by preaching work (not literally shaken). ...And this preaching work is upsetting the Russian government and the Mighty Orthodox church.....because we are effect

On Monday, July 17, 2017, a three-judge panel will consider the appeal of the Russian Supreme Court’s April 20 decision against Jehovah’s Witnesses. Further updates about the hearing will be provided

I DID NOT EXPECT IT TO GO OUR WAY!  Here are my reasons: I have been watching Russia for more than 12 years and saw its sincere "human rights lawyers and reporters" mysteriously killed on the str

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19:10 July 17, 2017 the Supreme Court of Russia has missed the last chance to restore law and justice for the 175,000 Russian citizens professing the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses. Only a 20-minute meeting took a panel of three Supreme Court judges, to leave unchanged the decision taken earlier by the judge Yuri Ivanenko, the liquidation and ban any and all registered organizations of the religion. Since there is no more effective domestic remedies, the believers will appeal to the European Court of Human Rights and other international organizations.
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17 July, 19:45SporPRe
 
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Russian Supreme Court upholds ruling to disband Jehovah's Witnesses organization

 July 17, 19:42 UTC+3 

The resolution took immediate effect

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MOSCOW, July 17. /TASS/. Appeals college of the Russian Supreme Court has upheld an earlier ruling of the court to quality the Jehovah's Witnesses center as an extremist organization, to disband it and to ban its activities on the Russian territory.

By passing the resolution, the appeals college down an appeal filed by the Jehovah's Witnesses.

"The passed by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on April 20 shall remain unchanged and the appeal shall not be entertained," the presiding judge said.

The resolution took immediate effect.

 

The defense attorneys of Jehovah’s Witnesses are planning to appeal the ruling of the Russian Supreme Court on disbanding the organization at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), attorney Viktor Zhenkov said.

"The chapter has not been closed yet. Since the Supreme Court has violated not only Russia’s legislation but also the norms of international law, we will appeal this decision at the ECHR," Zhenkov said.

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NEWSWEEK:

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES BAN APPEAL REJECTED BY RUSSIA’S SUPREME COURT, ALLOWING GOVERNMENT TO SEIZE WORSHIP HALLS

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Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal launched by Jehovah’s Witnesses against the group’s ban in the country. The decision was made following a single-day hearing in Moscow in which the court swiftly rejected all the defense motions put forward by the Jehovah’s Witnesses' representatives, including a request to have a religious studies scholar.

Related: Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kazakhstan fear repeat of Russia ban after ‘scary’ crackdown

In April, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the justice ministry, which a month earlier had declared Jehovah’s Witnesses an extremist organization, liquidating 395 of its local religious chapters as well as its headquarters in St. Petersburg. Monday’s ruling means that the Christian denomination must turn over all of its properties, known as Kingdom Halls, to the Russian government.

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Following the decision, the group's Russia spokesman, Yaroslav Sivulskiy, reportedly told gathered journalists in the packed court room that “religious freedom in Russia is over. It's a very sad situation for our country. As you could see today, there were no real facts of any extremism on part of Jehovah's Witnesses. It's all about bad literature and intolerance. Now anyone who studies the Bible can be jailed.”

Our representative Sivulsky to journalists: "Religious freedom in Russia is over" #jwrussia #StopJWBan

 

The appeal was evaluated by three judges, as opposed to the single judge who ruled on the initial case. However, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, which has 175,000 members in Russia and had operated there since 1991, had little hope of success.

A survey from the independent polling agency Levada, released last week, indicated that 79 percent of Russians supported the ban, though more than half of the respondents admitted they knew nothing about the case. The ban also had the powerful support of the Russian Orthodox Church, which enjoys a close relationship with President Vladimir Putin and counts more than 70 percent of the country's population as followers.

Yet even though the original decision can only now formally go into effect, a Jehovah’s Witnesses spokesman in Russia told Newsweek in May that “most” of the group’s local chapters had already received documents from the tax department notifying them that they had lost their leases.

That was far from the only negative consequence the group has faced since the April verdict declaring that its texts violate an anti-extremism law, effectively placing it in the same category as groups like the Islamic State (ISIS). Police have regularly disrupted group meetings, both at the kingdom halls and in private homes. In one instance, a Danish citizen was arrested during a meeting at home and faces up to 10 years in prison.

The verdict has also had a chilling impact across society. There have been numerous reports of harassment and violence committed against Jehovah’s Witnesses, including arson attacks. A report from the group released last week stated that instances of harassment and violence against its followers skyrocketed by 650 percent between March and April. In all, it found that there had been 128 cases of mistreatment, including some against children in schools.

The ban has been widely condemned internationally, including by the United States and the European Union. In its 2017 report, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom elevated Russia to its highest tier of violators of religious freedom.

Following Monday’s rejection of the appeal, the Jehovah’s Witnesses is expected to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. Yet, even if the group is successful, Russia has no requirement to accept the verdict.

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On 7/14/2017 at 9:17 PM, The Librarian said:

13:04Little wife, "If the Administrative Center did not commit extremist acts, we have a representative of the Ministry of Justice to sort things out in court and whether each of the 395 local religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia committed extremist actions?

"Little wife" is a translation of someone's surname.  It happened the last time also.

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3 hours ago, bruceq said:

Unbelievable all they say is we are : MOJ: "Their crimes are dangerous, systematic, deliberate, and gross

We may be going to the ECHR

Everything the Defense said was fair, and true .... Jehovah's witnesses are the most peaceful and non-extremist people on Earth ... EXCEPT IN ONE AREA ... and that is how we destroy whole families to disfellowship one individual ... which unravels  and destroys the very fabric of civilization.

I hope the Court will, in it's ruling(s) explain the REASONS why they ruled the way they did.

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