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Russian Court Bans Jehovah's Witnesses

posted by on Friday April 21 2017, @10:26PM   
from the weird-sure,-but-extremist? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

USA Today reports:

"Russia's Supreme Court formally banned Jehovah's Witnesses as an extremist organization Thursday and ordered the state to seize its property in Russia, according to Russian news media."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/20/russian-court-bans-jehovahs-witnesses-extremist-group/100701524/

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Original Submission

• re Civil Forfeiture re Civil Forfeiture (Score: 4, Informative) by jelizondo on Saturday April 22 2017, @03:04AM (1 child)

  by jelizondo (653) on Saturday April 22 2017, @03:04AM (#497767) Journal

  You mean like taking people’s property without due process? Like in the US where they can seize your cash, home, car and/or equipment without charging you with any crime?

  Civil forfeiture allows police to seize — and then keep or sell — any property they allege is involved in a crime. Owners need not ever be arrested or convicted of a crime for their cash, cars, or even real estate to be taken away permanently by the government.

  We are quite fast at seeing the speck of sawdust in our neighbor’s eye while not perceiving the plank in our own eye. Read the above quotation and tell me exactly how this is different from Russia’s behavior, please.

  References:

  • Wikipedia Definition [wikipedia.org]
  • ACLU Call for Action [aclu.org]
  • The law [cornell.edu]

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• Re:re Civil Forfeiture (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday April 22 2017, @10:53AM

  by khallow (3766) on Saturday April 22 2017, @10:53AM (#497858) Journal

  Make a guess why I brought up the issue. I don't think such things are ok just because the US does them.

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