The supreme court in Russia has officially tagged Jehovah's Witnesses "extremist group" thus, banning the organisation in the country.
Judge Yuri Ivanenko, who presided over the case is quoted to say,
"The Supreme Court has ruled to sustain the claim of Russia’s Ministry of Justice and deem the ‘Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia’ organization extremist, eliminate it and ban its activity in Russia.”
the group's administrative center and properties from all its 395 loacal branches are also to be liquidated for state revenue according to the Judge's ruling.
Speaking in the court on Thursday, Justice Ministry attorney Svetlana Borisova claimed Jehovah’s Witnesses “pose a threat to the rights of the citizens, public order and public security,”
However, Jehovah’s witnesses representative Sergey Cherepanov told Russia’s Interfax news agency that the organization plans to appeal the decision.
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