The Supreme Court in Russia has started
reviewing a government request to ban
Jehovah’s Witness and declare it an
‘extremist organisation’.
This comes a month after the Justice
Ministry filed a lawsuit with the Russia’s
Supreme Court against the national
headquarters of the country’s Jehovah’s
Witnesses which has 175,000 members in
Russia and 395 branches across the
country, to be labeled an ‘extremist
organization’.
In the case which began on Wednesday, it
was reported that the Jehovah’s
witnesses filed a counter lawsuit against the
Justice Ministry lawyers, calling its actions
unlawful and asking the court to recognize
the organization’s members as victims of
political repression.
The court however ruled that it was not part
of its jurisdiction, according to BBC report.
The case was eventually adjourned and the
hearing will continue later today.
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