APRIL 5, 2017
RUSSIA
Vladimir Vasilyevich Ryakhovskiy
“It has always started with Jehovah’s Witnesses and then spread to everyone else.”
Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
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Human rights experts comment on how a ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses would affect Russia’s international reputation and religious freedom for its citizens.
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Heiner Bielefeldt, Former UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
“If Jehovah’s Witnesses are extremist, I think we all are.”
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Richard Clayton, QC
“It’s a shocking example of a bad law being used for a worse purpose.”
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Dr. Massimo Introvigne, Sociologist
“The only relationship between Jehovah’s Witnesses and violence is that they have been victims of violence.”
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Annika Hvithamar, Associate Professor at Copenhagen University in History of Christianity
‘If Jehovah’s Witnesses are extremist, then most versions of Christianity could be accused of the same thing.’
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Lyudmila Alekseyeva, Chairwoman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Member of the Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
“Not just a mistake—I think it is a crime”