Jehovah’s Witnesses and Conscientious Objection: The ECHR Condemns Lithuania

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Jehovah’s Witnesses and Conscientious Objection: The ECHR Condemns Lithuania

The European Court found that the Vilnius government failed to offer to objectors a clear alternative to military service.by Massimo IntrovigneA view of the Branch Office of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Kaunas, Lithuania. From Twitter.On June 7, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in “Teliatnikov v. Lithuania” on a case concerning Jehovah’s Witnesses and conscientious objection. Jehovah’s Witnesses maintain that for Biblical reason…