Winning hundreds of cases in 2016 alone in the ECHR ! --the WT will also win this case; If Russia will follow the ruling and what they will do remains to be seen.
Russia to liquidate Jehovah's Witnesses' organization
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schnell
Hundreds?
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Fisherman
Hundreds
WT claims around 223 -to be exact.
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schnell
Cool. Hey, that ECHR, the Watchtower doesn't break that ever, do they?
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Fisherman
Hey, that ECHR, the Watchtower doesn't break that ever, do they?
I don't understand what you mean.
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schnell
Article 9 - conscience and religion
Main article: Article 9 of the European Convention on Human RightsArticle 9 provides a right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This includes the freedom to change a religion or belief, and to manifest a religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance, subject to certain restrictions that are "in accordance with law" and "necessary in a democratic society"
Relevant cases are:
- Kokkinakis v. Greece [1993] ECHR 20
- Universelles Leben e.V. v. Germany [1996] (app. no. 29745/96)
- Buscarini and Others v. San Marino [1999] ECHR 7
- Pichon and Sajous v. France [2001] ECHR 898
- Leyla Şahin v. Turkey [2004] ECHR 299
- Leela Förderkreis E.V. and Others v. Germany [2008] ECHR
- Lautsi v. Italy [2011] ECHR 2412
- S.A.S. v. France [2014] ECHR 695
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Fisherman
schnell, I still do not understand what you are trying to say and how does it apply to wt. -
schnell
Well, witnesses are free to change their religion, of course... Right?
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Fisherman
Yes, secular law cannot prevent JW from leaving their church.
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Gorbatchov
I think every culture may protects itself again American influence and it's pseudo values.
G.