Spanish Court Upholds Designation of Jehovah's Witnesses as 'Destructive Sect'

The Provincial Court of Madrid ruled that it is not illegal to describe Jehovah’s Witnesses as a ‘destructive sect.’ This decision followed a three-year legal battle where the Jehovah’s Witnesses sued the Spanish Association of Victims of Jehovah’s Witnesses (AEVTJ) for defamation. The court ordered the plaintiffs to pay 25,000 euros and remove all traces of the association, but they can still appeal to the Supreme Court.

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