Witnesses win European Court lawsuit against Russian officials

Euphemism

It sounds like an open and shut case. Some local officials, acting with no legal authority, broke up a Witness meeting and then cancelled the lease for their meeting place. The Russian judicial system refused to do anything to correct the situation, so the Witnesses appealed to the European Court of Human Rights. The Witnesses were awarded EUR 30,000 in damages, and EUR 60,544 in costs.
Press release at http://www.religionandpolicy.org/show.php?p=1.1.1852
Court decision at http://www.religionandpolicy.org/show.php?p=1.1.1851
garybuss

Give me a shout when they cash the check. Hahahaha!!
kls

That really sucks . I actually thought Russia was taking a stand on cults and it seemed they were till now .
Narkissos

This is a very good (or bad) example of how hasty "anticult" action ends up reinforcing the legal status of "cults".
As one French humorist put it: "first, shoot; second, aim; third, think".