JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES FINED IN KRASNODAR TERRITORY
SOVA Center for News and Analysis, 8 April 2015
A member of a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses was fined on the basis of article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Violations of Law in April 2015 in Tikhoretsk of Krasnodar territory.
On 8 April 2015 it was reported that a member of the city's community of Jehovah's Witnesses was fined on the basis of article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Violations of Law (distribution of extremist materials) in Tikhoretsk of Krasnodar territory. The size of the fine was not reported.
The violation of law was deemed to be the distribution of Witnesses' literature: books and brochures "How to achieve happiness," "Government, free from corruption," "What is necessary to know about God and his intention," "How to develop close relations with God," and "On what can people place hope," which are included in the federal list of extremist materials.
We remind you that we consider persecution of
Jehovah's Witnesses and banning their texts for extremism to be
illegal and we consider them as religious discrimination. (tr. by
PDS, posted 11 April 2015)
TIKHORETSK REGIONAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE ISSUES WARNING TO
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION
Prokuratura Krasnodarskogo kraia, 8 April 2015
By a ruling of a court, a member of the religious organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses was held administratively responsible by means of a fine for mass distribution of the books (materials), "How to achieve happiness," "Government, free from corruption," "What is necessary to know about God and his intention," "How to develop close relations with God," and "On what may people place their hope," which are included in the published federal list of extremist materials.
In order to take preventive measures on this matter, the Tikhoretsk regional prosecutor issued a written warning to the leader of the religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses of the city of Tikhoretsk regarding the impermissibility of conducting extremist activity; otherwise the question of the liquidation of this organization may be considered. (tr. by PDS, posted 11 April 2015)
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