Russia: JW convicted over refusing blood transfusion for her 5 year old son

by behemot 21 Replies latest jw friends

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  behemot

  In a first, a court convicted a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious sect over her refusal to sanction blood transfusion for a relative, a procedure banned by the sect’s teachings, Interfax reported Wednesday.

  Natalya Podlozhevich was fined 5,000 rubles ($170) by a magistrate of the Khanty-Mansiisk region’s town of Kogalym, which found her guilty of abandoning in danger her 5-year-old son.

  The unnamed boy was hospitalized last February in serious condition, the cause of which was not specified. Medics said he required blood transfusion, but his mother refused to sanction the procedure. The boy died two days later.

  The ruling may set a precedent for other cases against Jehovah’s Witnesses’ members on similar charges.

  source: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/jehovahs-witness-convicted/430292.html
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  poppers

  Sacrificing a child's life only warrants a 5,000 ruble fine?
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  dontplaceliterature

  I believe that fines in Russia are levied proportionately according to income. She was probably dirt poor...like most of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Eastern Europe.
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  Amelia Ashton

  That poor Mother has lost her son and in the midst of her grief has had to contend with a court case as well.

  I wonder if the GB will pay the fine-not.
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  jookbeard

  lock the stupid bitch up in the gulags and throw away the key
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  InquiryMan

  How do you know that most of the JWs in Eastern Europe are dirt poor? I did read a survey that showed that the level of education among JWs in e.g. Latvia was substantially higher than in the US.-....
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  Pistoff

  And yet witnesses shudder and cluck at the Canaanites child sacrifice practice, not ever realizing they do the same.
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  Refriedtruth

  Religious fanatics kill themselves refusing from medical help Pravda - As a rule, news agencies mostly report about members of Jehovah's ... The court took the side of the patient, also a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. ...

  Getting heavy
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  ProdigalSon

  The fine is an insult, and the charges should have been criminal negligence and manslaughter. But for a first, it's progress.
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  cantleave

  Life is so cheap in some places.