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Russia lists sins of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Chigozie Ekwenye
Last updated: April 7, 2017 7:06 am
By Chigozie Ekwenye
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By prohibiting its members from taking blood transfusion, the Jehovah’s Witnesses as a group violates the law on resistance to extremism,  the spokeswoman for Russia’s Justice Ministry told the Supreme Court on Thursday.

It was on the second day of the hearing, which began on Wednesday.

“Checks have found that the organisation is in breach of the law on resistance to extremism. In particular, the organisation’s religious literature forbids blood transfusion for its members in defiance of the doctors’ recommendation,” the spokeswoman said, providing documentary evidence about one such case.

Also, the Justice Ministry’s official said Jehovah’s Witnesses insist on their own exclusiveness, which also contradicts the law on resistance to extremist activity.

“The religious organization Jehovah’s Witnesses has been repeatedly warned by courts of law, but it has taken no required measures to eliminate the violations,” the Justice Ministry said.

The Justice Ministry believes that Jehovah’s Witnesses must be outlawed and the organization’s properties, including those of the 395 regional chapters, confiscated.

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“In view of the threat posed by the organisation Jehovah’s Witnesses,  the Justice Ministry asks for declaring it extremist and banning its activity,” the Justice Ministry’s official said.

In its lawsuit the Justice Ministry mentions a variety of violations, including those of the the federal law on resistance to extremist activities.

Jehovah’s Witnesses’ press-service has told TASS the organisation “finds this affair very worrisome, because the decision may affect 175,000 believers.” Jehovah’s Witnesses spokesman Ivan Bilenko said the organisation was prepared to press for its rights in any courts.

A court in Moscow on October 12, 2016 warned the Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses over extremist activities. If the organisation in question fails to eliminate the exposed violations within the established deadlines, or if new evidence of its extremist activities surfaces, it is to be closed down.

The Moscow City Court on January 16 upheld the warning over extremist activities.

On Wednesday, when  the  Russian Supreme Court began hearing the Justice Ministry request for the outlaw of the movement,  the movement filed  a counterclaim demanding the court proclaim  the ministry’s actions as political repression.

The court however rejected the request.

The Supreme Court decided that the counterclaim could not be reviewed during the session, as it was filed in an inappropriate court.

“The court ruled to reject the counterclaim taking into account the fact that the party violated the jurisdiction rules,” the judge announced.

The  Court also refused to let 395 local chapters of Jehovah’s Witnesses participate in the hearings.

Jehovah’s Witnesses is an international religious organisation that maintains offbeat views on the essence of the Christian faith and provides special interpretations of many commonly accepted notions. In Russia, it had 21 local organisations but three of them were shut down for extremism.

Source –  TASS

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