Jehovah's Witnesses ask the Commissioner for Human Rights to appeal the decision of the Supreme Court

On October 9, 2017, Jehovah's Witnesses filed a complaint with Tatyana Moskalkova, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, against the decision of the Russian Supreme Court of April 20, 2017. Believers ask the Ombudsman to exercise the right to appeal against a court decision that has entered into force.

Among other things, the attention of the Commissioner for Human Rights is drawn to the massive, growing human rights violations that followed the court's decision. We are talking about a surge of aggression and vandalism against believers, raids by law enforcement officers, surveillance of believers, collection of personal information, including regarding minors, refusals to provide alternative civilian service, discrimination in the workplace, arrests of believers and even imprisonment.

The believers hope that after reviewing the case materials, Tatiana Moskalkova will consider it necessary to appeal to the Presidium of the Supreme Court of Russia with a demand to cancel the unjustified and illegal court decision.