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Legal Developments: Russia's Highest Court Bans Witnesses' Legal Entity in Samara - What's Next? (4x17)

Data de estreia: Jan 24, 2015

The Supreme Court’s decision jeopardizes the freedom of some 180,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. Authorities may use the ruling as a basis for religious persecution against the Witnesses. On November 12, 2014, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld a lower court ruling to liquidate the legal entity of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Samara, Russia. What is the significance of liquidating the Witnesses’ legal entity? What are the possible implications for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia?