CONFIRMED NEWS...... Human rights activists, "Human Rights Without Frontiers", publicly request that the proscription of Jehovah's Witnesses be lifted in Russia....

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CONFIRMED NEWS......

Human rights activists, "Human Rights Without Frontiers", publicly request that the proscription of Jehovah's Witnesses be lifted in Russia.
The European Forum for Religious Freedom and the organization "Human Rights Without Frontiers" appealed to the Russian Supreme Court to overturn the decision to ban "Jehovah's Witnesses". This is stated in a joint press release of the organization.

Human rights activists also called on Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a "transparent dialogue."

The court's decision to recognize the extremist "Jehovah's Witnesses" organization is "obviously fabricated," say human rights defenders. They say that judicial decision not only violates basic human rights, but also increases the risk of arbitrary persecution of citizens.

In Russia there are 170 thousand followers, "Jehovah's Witnesses".  April 20,   the Russian Supreme Court declared ekstremistckoy and banned the organization. In the European Union they claim that a religious group should have the right to freedom of assembly, guaranteed by the Constitution and Russia's international human rights obligations.