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Two Jehovah's Witnesses leaders again win in court MOSCOW PROVINCIAL COURT CONFIRMS ACQUITTAL VERDICT IN CASE OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ELDERS SOVA Center for News and Analysis, 24 August 2017 On 24 August 2017, the Moscow provincial court left in force the verdict of acquittal in the case of two elders of the congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Sergiev Posad. Viacheslav Stepanov and Andrei Sivak were accused of inciting religious hatred committed by an organized group (point "v" of part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). The criminal case was opened in April 2013. The believers were accused of making statements during meetings that incited religious hatred, specifically, they quoted forbidden brochures of the Jehovah's Witnesses "What does the Bible really teach?" and "Draw neigh to Jehovah," which contain negative characterizations of other religions, including "traditional" Christianity and Christian clergy and which call for joining the Jehovah's Witnesses. A Sergiev Posad city court back in March 2016 came to the conclusion the Stepanov and Sivak were innocent, not finding in their statements indicators of inciting hatred and taking note of substantive violations in the expert analysis that was conducted at the stage of preliminary investigation. However, in May 2016, the Moscow provincial court issued an appellate order that annulled the verdict and remanded the case for a new review. In June 2017, the Sergiev Posad court again acquitted Stepanov and Sivak, but the prosecutor's office again appealed the verdict. We regard the prosecution of Jehovah's Witnesses for extremism to be religious discrimination. (tr. by PDS, posted 24 August 2017) Background article: Years-long criminal case against Jehovah's Witnesses leaders ended July 4, 2017 Russia Religion News Current News Items
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Two Russian brothers acquitted of extremism by local court! Its in Russian, below is the Google translate version in English https://jw-russia.org/news/17070416-185.html Contrary to the persistent attempts of the prosecutor's office to recognize the two peaceful believers as "extremists", the court again issued an acquittal with the right to rehabilitation. On June 21, 2017, the Sergiev Posad Town Court read out the verdict, which acquitted Vyacheslav Stepanov and Andrei Sivak, Jehovah's Witnesses from Sergiev Posad (Moscow Region) who had been unfairly prosecuted for 4 years. Earlier, on March 4, 2016, the court had already found those believers innocent, but at the request of the prosecutor's office the criminal case was re-examined by another judge. Wishing to justify the long-term illegal persecution of believers, the prosecutor's office again appealed against the second acquittal! Jehovah's Witnesses are far from any manifestations of extremism, they see the persecution of believers on fictitious charges as repression. Read on: Leningrad Regional Court refused to recognize as "extremist" brochures of Jehovah's Witnesses -
A teacher slits his throat in court after being convicted of sexually assaulting a teenager. He would have saved himself all that drama if he had applied the Bible's time honored counsel in Colossians 3:5 = Wisdom is surely better than gold. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/19/man-slits-throat-in-california-courtroom-after-sexual-assault-conviction.html
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