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communication 		Mandates Summary Replies received
    11 Nov 2015
    Russian Federation
    JAL
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • religion or belief
  • minority issues
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
 Alleged persecution of Jehovah´s Witnesses in the Russian Federation. According to the information received, 16 Jehovah’s Witnesses are currently on trial for their religious activities, all religious literature produced by Jehovah´s Witnesses is banned from online access and importation, and their international website has been blocked. The Government, backed by a decision of the Supreme Court of 2 December 2015, considers Jehovah’s Witnesses an “extremist” organization. It has criminalized all of its activities, including organizing and attending religious services, and its doctrine, liquidated local Jehovah’s Witnesses groups, prosecuted and convicted its leaders, seized shipments of religious books and ordered all Internet providers to block access to the official international website of Jehovah´s Witnesses.
Alleged victims: -
More details... 		21 Dec 2015