The violation of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ religious freedom has attracted the attention of the UN

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Jehovah’s Witness

United Nations steps in to demand groupÂ’s religious freedom

Russia’s Supreme Court declared Jehovah’s Witnesses an ‘extremist organisation’ on April 20, 2017. Since then, at least 5 terrible things have been done to the group

 (worldreligionnews)

 

JehovahÂ’s Witnesses in Russia are currently being persecuted and severely mistreated.

This is a sad fact that is recognised by everyone including the United Nations, who want the religious group to have their freedom.

According to World Religion News, the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has stepped in to demand the immediate release of Teymur Akhmedov.

He is a Jehovah’s Witness that is currently jailed in Kazakhstan. Akhmedov was arrested in January for “incitement of religious hatred.” He has been in jail since then and sentenced to a 5-year prison term.

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WGAD has been very critical about the arrest, the legal proceedings, arguing that Mr Akhmedov was given a fair trial.

These things have made the WGAD call for the immediate release of Akhmedov.

Upon his release, he is reportedly still banned from any religious activity for three years. This clearly reflects the religious violation and oppression that is Russia is known for.

Russia is number one on the 2017 list of worst religious freedom violators (twitter/24mu13)

Cases like this have earned the nation the top place on the  US Commission on International Religious Freedom‘s worst religious freedom violators in 2017.

 

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