Russia’s ban of Jehovah’s Witnesses illegal, European human rights court says in landmark ruling

By Staff Reporter The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has in a landmark decision against Russia, ruledthat it was unlawful to persecute Jehovah’s Witnesses for their faith. The court also ruled that the 2017 ban of Witnesses by Russia was illegal. It also quashed the ban of the Witnesses’ printed publications and their official website, jw.

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