'Electrocuted' for being a Jehovah's Witness - BBC News

[The Librarian]

In northern Russia, seven men have come forward to claim they were tortured by police because of their religious views. The men are all Jehovah’s Witnesses. Their organisation was banned by Russia’s Supreme Court in 2017 as extremist and dozens of Jehovah’s Witnesses have since been detained across the country. Officials in Surgut initially denied the reports of torture, but now say they will investigate. President Vladimir Putin has called the prosecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses ‘utter nonsense’ and asked the Supreme Court for clarification on how the law is applied. BBC correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports.

[TrueTomHarley]

The investigation was quick and concluded that there was nothing to it. The detained Witnesses had employed “martial arts techniques,” it said, and the abuse they complained of was no more than an attempt to restrain them from doing so.

[Patiently waiting for Truth]

4 hours ago, TrueTomHarley said:

The investigation was quick and concluded that there was nothing to it. The detained Witnesses had employed “martial arts techniques,” it said, and the abuse they complained of was no more than an attempt to restrain them from doing so.

Well at least in Russia they can honestly say it is religious persecution. Unlike in America and other countries where it is about the CSA. and the shunning policies.

[Space Merchant]

On 11/17/2019 at 3:28 PM, 4Jah2me said:

Well at least in Russia they can honestly say it is religious persecution. Unlike in America and other countries where it is about the CSA. and the shunning policies.

Anything in this regard is persecution. However, concerning the US, you are dead wrong. It shows how little the general public knows of what is going on regarding Abrahamic Faiths in the US alone.

 

That being said, you may want to look into excommunication and shunning a bit thoroughly.

 

As for CSA, it is worldwide, and in all institutions, and does not segregate itself to sex or race.