In the work of the Tyumen branch of the Jehovah’s Witnesses did not find extremism
The Supreme court of the Russian Federation has cancelled the decision on liquidation of the Tyumen branch of the religious organization «Jehovah’s Witnesses»by refusing to acknowledge the extremist organization.
«The judicial Board has cancelled the decision of regional court on liquidation of the organization and recognition of its extremist activities», — said Friday the Agency «Interfax» the press service instance.
The decision on recognizing organizations as extremist was made in 2015. The defense has insisted that the case against Jehovah’s Witnesses was fabricated.
Recall that a year ago, the Leninsky district court in Tyumen for the distribution of extremist materials was fined 50 thousand rubles religious organization «Jehovah’s Witnesses».
In the information a press-services of regional Prosecutor’s office then it was reported that during their meetings the members of the organization in Tyumen from October 2014 to 28 January 2015 present were distributed literature of a religious character, included in the Federal list of extremist materials. In this regard, the Prosecutor’s office brought against religious organizations administrative case. All the forbidden literature was confiscated.
Earlier, at the beginning of March 2015, the Krasnodar regional court satisfied the claim of Prosecutor of the region on the recognition and elimination of extremist organization «Jehovah’s Witnesses» in the town of Abinsk. The basis for the claim were the facts of distribution of members of the organization of the material included in the Federal list of extremist materials.
Lawyers representing the interests of Jehovah’s witnesses, called the court’s decision was illegal, violating the constitutional rights of believers and promised to file a complaint in the Supreme court of the Russian Federation.
In November 2014, the Supreme court upheld the decision of the Samara regional court on the recognition of the local branch of the organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses extremist and banning its activities. There were also revealed numerous facts storage by Jehovah’s witnesses of extremist material intended for mass distribution.
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