Central Russian court places members of Jehovah’s Witnesses in custody until September

[Isabella]

As part of the case, ten people are suspected of running a local religious organization affiliated with Jehovah’s Witnesses

VORONEZH, July 15. /TASS/. The Leninsky District Court in the Central Russian city of Voronezh ruled to place in custody until September members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization, outlawed in Russia, the court’s press service said on Tuesday.

"The court has chosen a pretrial custody for 1 month and 22 days, or until 03.09.2020 <...> as a measure of pretrial restraint for the individuals suspected of extremist activity," the statement says.

As part of the case, ten people are suspected of running a local religious organization headlined ‘Tsentralnaya, Voronezh.’ The organization, active in Voronezh and surrounding districts, is a part of the Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses, earlier deemed extremist and outlawed by the Russian Supreme Court.

The suspects are aged between 24 and 56. They were detained after more than 110 searches, during which large amounts of books and other prohibited printing works were seized.

On April 20, 2017, the Russian Supreme Court declared Jehovah’s Witnesses and all affiliated regional organizations an extremist organization. The organization’s activities are outlawed in Russia.

https://tass.com/society/1178595

[The Librarian]

Everything prosecutors don't like is labelled "extremist activity" and "hate speech" or "hate crime"......

We now officially live in a "lawless world" ..... I had better start getting used to it.

[Patiently waiting for Truth]

@The Librarian Sounds familiar. One particular lady JW on here labels me as hate -OCD. 

But on topic :-

I can understand how governments / politicians / people in power, can label JWs as 'extremist'.  People in the 'world' do not know God and do not have 'spiritual wisdom', therefore they do not understand the things of God. They only know 'physical things'. And coupled with that most of them do not believe in anything 'after death'. So, people in the world try their best to cling on to material things and think only of their own lives. Hence war, to 'protect' what they have, or to try to take material things from others. Land is one of the most sort after 'material things' it seems. So those 'physical people' cannot understand why JWs don't want to help in 'protecting' or 'stealing' things from others. Added to this is the fear that JWs will stop other people wanting to go to war. The people in power now are much like the Pharisees were, they don't want to lose their power and position.