Saint Petersburg - The number of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia has increased in March when they There are still considered a minority religion and there meet a very tough opposition. They reached a total of 158,925 active proclaimers.
Since early 2007, Russian authorities seek to limit the activities of this religious group. Witnesses Russians are divided into approximately 2000 congregations and have been at least 600 police investigations. Since the end of 2009, seven cases were brought to court to try to condemn congregations and publications for 'extremism' in order to achieve a ban. Two of these cases have reached their goal (to Taganrog and Gorno-Altaisk) managing to cause the listing of 52 publications of Jehovah's Witnesses on a government list extremist literature.
Undaunted, Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, members of a religion recognized internationally and legally working in some 200 countries have responded to threats in the most open they know: by talking to their neighbors what happens. They have distributed 12 million copies of a leaflet encouraging the Russians to consider the facts, to see if history is not repeating itself, if it does not a return to repression of religious freedom as it was practiced during the Soviet era.
Despite their growth in Russia and the high number of people who attended the Commemoration of the Lord's Supper this year, Jehovah's Witnesses are well aware of the hardening of opposition against them. Since December 2009, more than 230 incidents were reported, including police raids, arrests, searches and disruptions of religious meetings.
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Since early 2007, Russian authorities seek to limit the activities of this religious group. Witnesses Russians are divided into approximately 2000 congregations and have been at least 600 police investigations. Since the end of 2009, seven cases were brought to court to try to condemn congregations and publications for 'extremism' in order to achieve a ban. Two of these cases have reached their goal (to Taganrog and Gorno-Altaisk) managing to cause the listing of 52 publications of Jehovah's Witnesses on a government list extremist literature.
Undaunted, Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, members of a religion recognized internationally and legally working in some 200 countries have responded to threats in the most open they know: by talking to their neighbors what happens. They have distributed 12 million copies of a leaflet encouraging the Russians to consider the facts, to see if history is not repeating itself, if it does not a return to repression of religious freedom as it was practiced during the Soviet era.
Despite their growth in Russia and the high number of people who attended the Commemoration of the Lord's Supper this year, Jehovah's Witnesses are well aware of the hardening of opposition against them. Since December 2009, more than 230 incidents were reported, including police raids, arrests, searches and disruptions of religious meetings.
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