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Taganrog LRO and Others v. Russia

Taganrog LRO and Others v. Russia

A summary of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Taganrog LRO and Others v. Russia, which declared Russia’s ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses to be unlawful. The judgment rejected disinformation by Russian authorities and concluded that the beliefs and practices of Jehovah’s Witnesses on a diverse range of subjects—their relationship with society, the content of their religious publications, the time they choose to spend on religious matters, their health-care choices, parental choices relating to religious education of their children and social activities, interaction with non-Witness family members, and preaching—are all perfectly legal and are protected by the rights to freedom of religion, expression, and association.