{"id":2852,"date":"2017-04-09T08:09:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T08:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/news\/2017\/04\/09\/quotes-from-supreme-court-case-against-jehovahs-witnesses\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T07:25:34","slug":"quotes-from-supreme-court-case-against-jehovahs-witnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwforum.net\/portal\/quotes-from-supreme-court-case-against-jehovahs-witnesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes From Supreme Court Case Against Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The brochure, Listen to God: It barely has any printed information. It contains pictures and Bible verses and a few brief expressions. What could be extremist in the brochure? The FSB pointed to one phrase in the publication: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAvoid bad behavior.’\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Attorney for Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses, Victor Zhenkov<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What about the book, Benefit from Theocratic Ministry School Education? This book is designed to improve speaking ability. We do not know on what basis it was declared extremist. The court did not allow Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses to participate in the case. We never had a chance to review the case materials. We never even were invited to participate in the trial. If all cases are considered in this way, Russia will be left without any books.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Attorney for Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses, Victor Zhenkov<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153How do you incite hatred? Do you look at someone the wrong way? Say something the wrong way? Some experts have stated that since the publications of Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses state that they have the only true religion, Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses incite hatred and enmity.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Attorney for Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses, Victor Zhenkov<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It is not Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses that violate the law. It is the planting of fabricated evidence by the authorities that violates the law.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Committee member of the Administrative Center of Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses in Russia, Sergey Cherepanov<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Prosecutor General, which in the 90s rehabilitated believers, has been gathering information about Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses and together with information on their property. This is proved by the volumes of documents presented along with the liquidation claim. This shows that the Prosecutor General has been coordinating a nationwide campaign to gather information on Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses. The same thing happened in the 1950s when our fellow believers were exiled to Siberia.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Committee member of the Administrative Center of Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses in Russia, Sergey Cherepanov<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153If the court returns to the path offered by the Ministry of Justice to liquidate the Administrative Center and all LROs (Local Religious Organizations), we will return to the dark past. I like what one official said, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcYou can liquidate a legal entity, but never someone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s faith.’\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Committee member of the Administrative Center of Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses in Russia and victim of Soviet era repression, Vasiliy Kalin<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In Soviet times we were facing charges of being an \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcenemy of the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122; now we are being charged with \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcextremism.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 I want to remind the Ministry of Justice that your request to ban Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses would hurt the very people who wish you a peaceful, happy life.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Committee member of the Administrative Center of Jehovah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Witnesses in Russia and victim of Soviet-era repression, Vasiliy Kalin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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