3 Jehovah's Witnesses convicted in Russia amid crackdown

The Kremlin is seen through a fog in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 6, 2017. MOSCOW -- A Russian court has convicted three adherents of the Jehovah's Witnesses of participating in a religion banned for extremism, the latest move against the denomination.

Russia banned the Jehovah's Witnesses in 2017 and since then has convicted 24 members, nine of whom are imprisoned; 27 others are in pretrial detention. The three who were convicted Monday in the central Russian city of Karpinsk were given suspended sentences of up to 2 1/2 years. "Russian authorities today are following in the footsteps of their Soviet predecessors," Jarrod Lopes, spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses world headquarters in Warwick, New York, said in a statement.

The Kremlin has actively used vaguely worded extremism laws to crack down on opposition activists and religious minorities.

And foolishly ignorant people will make derogatory comments about the Jehovah Witnesses. Few have the courage to attend a meeting or two. The Catholic Church was most likely behind the lobbying effort. Because JW are more truthful in biblical doctrine.

While I am not a big fan of any organized religion, this is a blatant attack on religious rights - where these rights do not cause harm of course. Russia is going backwards.

It honestly saddens me to hear JW being jailed for trying to share their news. Is it only these faithful people that get unfairly jailed? Or all other's for their faith? This 'crackdown' is cruel and unjust, but I suppose I am not at all surprised.

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