Photo detail

Members of Jehovah's Witnesses wait in a court room in Moscow, Russia Thursday. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Donate Report a Typo Contact

Stories this photo appears in:

Tease photo
Russia outlaws Jehovah's Witnesses as 'religious extremists' (video)
Court orders group's Russia headquarters and chapters closed, seizure of its property

Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday banned Jehovah's Witnesses from operating anywhere in the country, accepting a request from the justice ministry that the religious organization be considered an extremist group.

By Associated Press April 22, 2017