APRIL 4, 2017
RUSSIA
Statement on the Threat to Ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
On April 5, 2017, the Supreme Court will hear the case to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. In advance of the hearing, Vasiliy Kalin, a representative of the Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, appeals to government authorities to stop the unjust persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses. His statement was originally posted on jw-russia.org on March 21, 2017.
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