Jehovah’s Witnesses as Extremists: The Russian State, Religious Pluralism, and Human Rights
@article{Knox2019JehovahsWA, title={Jehovah’s Witnesses as Extremists: The Russian State, Religious Pluralism, and Human Rights}, author={Zoe Katrina Knox}, journal={The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review}, year={2019} }
This article examines the Russian Supreme Court’s 2017 decision to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses as “extremists.” The decision will bring Russia’s anti-extremism law before the Council of Europe via the European Court of Human Rights. The article considers why this particular religious minority group became a test case by examining the unique beliefs and practices of Witnesses and their history of episodic conflict with the state. It also highlights the role of the Orthodox Church in shaping…
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The Reich Military Court and Its Values: Wehrmacht Treatment of Jehovah’s Witness Conscientious Objectors
- Law, HistoryHolocaust and Genocide Studies
- 2019
Between 1939 and 1945, the highest Wehrmacht court—the Reichskriegsgericht (RKG)—condemned hundreds of Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objectors to death. Though the law permitted lesser sentences,…