SUPREME RUSSIAN COURT RECOMMENDS PERMITTING JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TO GATHER PEACEFULLY FOR RITUALS

[Allabord4Jah]

I hope it's true, that they will let our brothers/sisters alone and let those in prison and detention go.  But am not holding my breath, because I don't trust anything the King of the North does.  This was said in Oct 2021, it's now almost the end of November.  Unless they plan on doing it during their holidays (Christmas).  Jehovah, is the only one that can release them.  Release all of us from the bondage of this evil system. 

[vern]

Days cut short....

 

[vern]

Lol....  I read the link briefly...  Seems like .justify.  Could be abused....  They already were shown to plant false evidence...

[Sofia]

NEWS ALERT | Russian Court Declares Brother Dmitriy Barmakin Not Guilty

 

On November 22, 2021, the Pervorechenskiy District Court of Vladivostok in the Primorye Territory found Brother Dmitriy Barmakin not guilty and acquitted him of all criminal charges. This is the first time a Russian court has issued a not-guilty verdict for one of Jehovah’s Witnesses charged under Article 282.2(1) of Russia’s Criminal Code (regarding organizing the activities of an extremist organization). The court will remove the restrictions on his activities. The verdict will enter into force on December 3, 2021, if the prosecutor's office does not file an appeal.

[vern]

What will be the reports before wanting to devote to destruction....

[trottigy]

30 minutes ago, vern said:

What will be the reports before wanting to devote to destruction....

I asked Jesus and he said, "I'm not telling."

 

I guess we'll have to wait and see.

 

 

 

[M.J.]

Seems strange that such a big news event has relatively flown under the radar...

[SUNRAY]

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/11/23/russia-acquits-first-jehovahs-witness-after-top-court-bans-prosecuting-prayers-a75642

[SUNRAY]

Interesting developement...

Russian prison chief fired

 

https://news.yahoo.com/putin-fires-russian-prison-chief-142538459.html

Accounts of torture of Jehovah's Witnesses

 

https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2693

[Sofia]

Attorney Viktor Zhenkov, who has defended Jehovah's Witnesses in courts, told Kommersant that he and his colleagues will now be trying to use the clarification of the Supreme Court's plenum as an argument in ongoing cases.

 

However, the attorney doubts that it will be possible, on the basis of this document, to get a review of cases in which a decision has already been rendered.

 

The director of the Center for the Study of Problems of Religion and Society of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Roman Lunkin, is confident that one should not expect widespread acquittals in the future. After all, each court will decide for itself whether to use the Supreme Court's recommendation or not. "The problem is that we still have a contradiction. The position of the authorities is as follows: we have banned only the administrative form and believers themselves may profess their religion. But for the police, any meeting of believers in an apartment is a continuation of the activity of the forbidden organization," Mr. Lunkin stressed. "And so here each policeman, prosecutor, and judge will decide for himself whether to consider that prayer meetings in apartments are individual conduct of religious rituals or a continuation of the activity of the forbidden organization."

 

source: https://www2.stetson.edu/religious-news/211123a.html

[vern]

Standing in a holy place.

[Sofia]

Fallout from Supreme Court ruling still occurring  

ONE MAY PRAY, BUT WITHOUT EXTREMISM

Court overrules verdict for Jehovah's Witness from Pskov oblast

 

The Russian judicial system is continuing to reconsider its attitude toward adherents of the religious teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses. On Friday a court in Pskov oblast cancelled the sentence of Aleksei Khabarov, who had earlier been found guilty of participating in the activity of an extremist organization.

 

Source: https://www2.stetson.edu/religious-news/211129a.html

[Sofia]

Member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, Alexander Verkhovsky clarified that the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation could positively affect Jehovah's Witnesses, which are pursued by 282 of the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. This should be the basis for revising some cases.

 

"I think this should be the basis for the revision of the cases where the charges were made immediately in two articles. Now these people have a chance to revise the sentence in the direction of mitigation, because one part of the article should disappear. What a new court needed for this, which will solve this question, "said Verkhovsky.
As for the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, which now does not consider joint services to be extremist activities, A.Verkhovsky sees in this "collision between irrevented constitutional law on collective confession of faith and participation in the prohibited organization."

"- If the organization was banned, the constitutional right to collectively confess his faith from its participants did not disappear," the director of the Owl informational and analytical center stated. - And the question arises - how can they implement it so as not to get under this article? Entities wrote: if there are no actions aimed at continuing the functioning of the organization, and there are only religious activities, then this is not a crime composition. "

But here questions arise, and what is considered to continue the activities of a prohibited organization? If a believer is alone reading the Bible, it is considered to be a continuation of activity? And if several believers study the Bible together, is it a crime? If they read the words of Christ recorded in the Bible - "Go Teach all nations ...." -, and together discuss them, then fall under extremist activities? It remains to hope that 28 art. The Constitution of the Russian Federation still guarantees believing freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, including the right to confess individually or together with others any religion ..., to freely choose, have and disseminating religious and other beliefs and act in accordance with them.

Source: https://www.idelreal.org/a/31573576.html  ( I tryed to translate the best possible resumee) 

[Sofia]

 Russia comments on US ‘religious freedom’ claims

“The Americans’ categorical statement on ‘egregious violations of religious freedom’ is outrageous,” Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Gennady Askaldovich told journalists on Monday. “We must repeat again and again that there is no religious persecution in Russia.

(...)

The most common religion in Russia is Orthodox Christianity, which, according to a 2017 Pew Forum survey, around 70% of people say is their faith, while the country has one of the largest Muslim minorities in the world. Moscow has, however, come under fire from international groups for effectively outlawing Jehovah’s Witnesses as a religious organization. The group was termed ‘extremist’ in 2017 by the Russian Supreme Court over beliefs and activities that officials say are harmful to society. Those breaching the ruling face arrest and prosecution.

However, earlier this month, the Supreme Court banned the criminal prosecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses for worshiping together. The justices said that joint prayers among members of banned religious organizations “consisting exclusively in the exercise of their right to freedom of conscience and freedom of religion, including through individual or joint profession of religion…do not contain elements of extremism

source: 

https://www.rt.com/russia/541741-comments-us-religion-freedom/

[SUNRAY]

I think it is interesting to watch the developements of the situation in Russia..Jehovah is the greatest defender of Justice..Just think how with his Spirit he can give insight and direction to our lawyers in Russia!

Edited December 1, 2021 by SUNRAY
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[vern]

Never know....  But you could make the idea of a provoked attack into Ukrain possibly fullfilling the last item of Daniels KN prophecy....

Although....  Seems a small scope then what i would think for its fullfillment...