Moscow Police Raid Homes of Jehovah's Witnesses

[Isabella]

ussian security services raided the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow on Wednesday, in an ongoing crackdown on the US-based religious movement.

Moscow outlawed the Jehovah's Witnesses in 2017, labelling it an extremist organization and has since sentenced several members to lengthy jail terms.

The Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said on Wednesday several "organizers and members" had been detained.

Prosecutors, the FSB security services and the national guard carried out searches at 16 addresses, the committee said.

Investigators said the Jehovah's Witnesses had established a branch in the capital where "secret meetings" were convened to study "religious literature".

Jarrod Lopes, a New York-based spokesman for Jehovah's Witnesses, said the raids "are further proof that Russia is reverting to its muscle memory of Soviet repression".

He added that they were a new escalation in the crackdown, as most of the raids on the believers had previously taken place in regions outside the Russian capital.

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/279309-moscow-police-raid-homes-of-jehovah-s-witnesses

[Patiently waiting for Truth]

I wonder if it's more anti-America than anti Christianity.

The Watchtower / JW Org is seen as being an 'American' religion.