Bitter Winter's contemporary report on the European Court of Human Rights' 7 June 2022 judgment in Taganrog LRO and Others v. Russia, holding that Russia's broadly worded anti-extremism legislation was misapplied to prosecute Jehovah's Witnesses' peaceful religious activity, quoting the court's finding that peaceful and non-violent attempts to persuade others of the virtues of one's own religion are a legitimate exercise of religious freedom. States the same two damages figures as the court's press release, and that the judgment also called for releasing imprisoned Witnesses and discontinuing pending criminal cases.
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Citation
AuthorMassimo Introvigne
PublisherBitter Winter
Publication Year2022
URLhttps://bitterwinter.org/russia-persecution-of-jehovahs-witnesses-unlawful/
Source Typenews
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Reliability Tier2
An independent online magazine on religious liberty, edited by a named sociologist of religion, tier 2 for a primary account of the court's own reasoning and holding, corroborating the judgment date and damages figures given by The European Times above. NotesUsed for the court's own quoted reasoning on peaceful religious persuasion and for cross-checking the damages figures.
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This source names Jehovah's Witnesses directly: "was misapplied to prosecute Jehovah's Witnesses' peaceful religious activity, quoting the court's finding that peaceful and non-violent attempts to persuade others of the virtues of one's own..."
This source names Russia directly: "judgment in Taganrog LRO and Others v. Russia, holding that Russia's broadly worded anti-extremism legislation was misapplied to prosecute Jehovah's Witnesses' peaceful religious activity, quoting..."
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