CRIMINAL
CASE
ABOUT INVOLVEMENT IN A FORBIDDEN RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION OPENED IN
KEMEROVO
OBLAST
Just
which
religious association they are talking about, law enforcement
agencies do not
specify
SOVA
Center
for
News and Analysis, 1 February 2018
On
1 February
2018, the Investigative Directorate of the Investigation
Committee for Kemerovo
oblast reported the opening of a case on the basis of article
282.2 of the
Criminal Code (participation in the activity of an extremist
organization).
"According
to
the account of the investigation," the report says, "for
participation in the activity of a religious association
regarding which a
court has made a decision to prohibit its activity, that has
taken legal
effect, a group of persons assembled regularly. Residents of the
oblast center
and Kemerovo district, who are adherents of this religious
organization,
professed and engaged in dissemination of a faith, including
proclamation in
public places and residential buildings, promoted the activity
of a forbidden
organization, and distributed corresponding literature. It was
established that
in the proclamations and books there are statements that demean
human dignity
on the basis of relationship with religion and elements of
propaganda of the exclusivity
of one religion with respect to another."
The
Investigation
Committee speaks about the conduct of searches at 15 addresses,
within the framework of the investigation, including at the home
of the alleged
leader of the religious group. The confiscated materials will be
checked to
determine whether they include items that have been ruled to be
extremist.
"A
comprehensive
linguistic expert analysis will be conducted, within the context
of the investigation, which should determine the roles of
members of the
forbidden association," the Investigation Committee writes.
Presumably
they
are talking about Jehovah's Witnesses. (tr. by PDS, posted 6
February 2018)
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