Appeal against the decision of the Vyborg court to ban the Bible

On September 21, 2017, an appeal was filed with the Leningrad Regional Court against the decision of the Vyborg City Court, which recognized as extremist material and decided to confiscate the Bible with the publishing title "Holy Scripture - New World Translation". The complaint (below) consists of 141 points and thoroughly proves the groundlessness and illegality of the court's decision.

In its decision, the court refers to the examination carried out by the teacher Natalia Kryukova, who does not have the qualifications to perform such a study. Moreover, the conclusion of this "expert" contradicts the scientific conclusions of higher-level specialists who are authoritative scientists in the field of linguistics and religious studies, studied during the court hearings .

The lawyers ask the court to overturn the decision of the Vyborg court and completely refuse the Leningrad-Finland transport prosecutor's request to recognize the Bible as extremist material.

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