GENEVA (4 April 2017) – Moves by the Russian Government to ban the activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses using a lawsuit brought under anti-extremism legislation have been condemned as “extremely worrying” by three United Nations human rights experts*. “This lawsuit is a threat not only to Jehovah’s Witnesses, but to individual freedom in general in the Russian Federation,” the experts said.
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 04 April 2017. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
