Extremism in Russia

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45815889

This takes the proverbial biscuit. These are guys that plant Jehovah's Witness publications on................Jehovah's Witnesses!!!

They might be in for a decoration!

[Anna]

At least we get more exposure. The part "Jehovah's Witnesses at a glance  - A brief guide to the Jehovah's Witnesses movement" isn't bad. I'm still wondering how many people are actually familiar with Jehovah's Witnesses, or even want to be. We probably think surely EVERYONE in the western world knows who we are, at least to some extent, but we moved into a house in the late 80's where our neighbour had never heard of us! She started a study and got baptized a few years later.

 

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Jehovah's Witnesses Are Not Related to Ammunition in Kirov

October 12, 2018

Artifacts since WWII. Photo source: Grigorenko / depositphotos.com

On October 9, 2018, in the city of Kirov, during a search of the house of retired Vladimir Bogomolov, collecting artifacts from the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), investigators seized fragments of knowingly unfit rusty shells. The man was searched because his 69-year-old spouse (the only one of her entire family) professes the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses. A woman does not share her husband's fascination with antiques. Thus, the report that the ammunition was seized allegedly from Jehovah's Witnesses is not true.

Jehovah's Witnesses do not take weapons for conscience reasons. For this position they appeared before tribunals of different countries and went to concentration camps. They will be grateful to the media for clarifying the misunderstanding .

Vladimir Bogomolov, from whom the relics were confiscated, was in the past an active participant in the search movement (aimed at burying the remains of the soldiers who died in World War II), the brigadier of the search party. On the activities of his squad was written in the newspapers. On October 9, 2018, upon the discovery of artifacts, a criminal case on the illegal possession of weapons was instituted, it was allocated in a separate proceeding. Items sent for examination.

The criminal prosecution of peaceful believers, including searches and arrest of civilians in Kirov, was the result of a miscarriage of justice — the recognition of all registered organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia as “extremist” at once. Believers appeal this decision to the European Court of Human Rights.  The Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation  expresses concern about the increasing religious repression.

Source: https://jw-russia.org/news/18101219-489.html