The Jehovah’s witnesses organized an evening dedicated to the death of Jesus Christ in the wedding hall located on Babajanyan street in the Arabkir community.
“We have nothing to hide. You can take part in this event, but please, no pictures,” said the Jehovah’s witnesses who were trying to keep the audience silent.
They especially prohibited photographing their “speaker”. The “speaker” was apparently the person who was giving advice for the day in the form of a lecture. According to them, if his photo were to be seen in newspapers, people might get the wrong idea and mistake him for a leader.
“You can see for yourselves that none of us is a leader. We are all equal and we don’t understand what it means to be a leader,” said the Jehovah’s Witnesses. They also forbade making interpretations with other Jehovah’s Witnesses about the advice for the day.
“We have a special representative for interviews, so you can talk with him. But today is just not that day.”
The average Jehovah’s witness doesn’t have the right to talk openly about his belief and express his opinions. In fact, according to non-official data, there are nearly 20,000 Jehovah’s witnesses in Armenia.