Russia’s mistreatment of 14 Jehovah’s Witnesses more than a decade ago violated their “fundamental rights to freedom of religion and liberty,” the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.

The rulings consolidated six cases against Russia challenging the validity of search warrants that prompted raids of several private homes and a place of worship, the strip-searches of two women following their arrest while preaching, confiscation of personal items and the refusal of authorities to return those items.

Masked and armed officers of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) often perpetrated the raids, officials of the Christian sect said.

According to the judicial body, which is Europe’s highest human rights court, the Russian government must pay more than $112,000 in fines as compensation. A three-judge panel of the ECHR rendered the judgments, which cannot be appealed and are treated as final. The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers will monitor whether Russia follows the rulings and pays the fines.

Since these violations took place between 2010 and 2012, Russia has declared the Jehovah’s Witnesses an extremist group, ordered the liquidation of its registered operations and heightened its arrests and prosecutions of members. Several have received harsh prison sentences — longer than those typically given kidnappers and rapists.

“These judgments set a critical precedent that Russia has been unjustly and unlawfully raiding the homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses — 1,700 since 2017,” spokesman Jarrod Lopes said. “Any new home raids based solely on the owner’s religious beliefs are now considered illegal and in violation of the European Convention.”