Original sentence: "  In Russia, the government had illegally refused to register the church as a religious organization, which became the subject of proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Church of Scientology Moscow v." Judgments of this highest European court is valid for all 46 member states of the Council of Europe.The court decided that Russia's refusal to register the Church of Scientology as a religious community "had been a violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the European Convention on Human Rights read in the light of Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion)
Edited sentence: "  In Russia, the government had refused to register the church as a religious organization, which became the subject of proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Church of Scientology Moscow v.The court decided that the manner of Russia's refusal  consider the Church of Scientology's application for registration as a religious community "had been a violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the European Convention on Human Rights read in the light of Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion)