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RUSSIA: Russia to pay about 350,000 EUR to Jehovah’s Witnesses for disrupting their religious meetings European Times (24.02.2023) – Jehovah’s Witnesses Russia (03.02.2023) – On January 31, 2023, the European Court of Human Rights, having considered...
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UKRAINE: UOC priests visit Ukrainian military on the front line Clerics of the UOC handed over clothes, heaters, medicine and food to Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers and residents of frontline areas of the Donbas. Union of Orthodox Journalists (23.02.2023) – The...
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UKRAINE: Law enforcers open nearly 60 criminal cases against UOC representatives The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has reported in response to a media query about the launched criminal cases against the church ministers Union of Orthodox Journalists (23.02.2023)...
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LIBYA: Six Egyptian Christians released from captivity in Libya Six Egyptian Christians who were abducted in Libya in the week of 6 February were released on 18 February after their ransoms were paid. CSW (21.02.2023) – The six men, all from the village of...
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GERMANY: Jehovah’s Witnesses: Sexual abuse allegations unmasked as groundless An ex-member and a newspaper accused them of horrific abuses. They asked a State Prosecutor to investigate. No evidence of abuse was found. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter...
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NICARAGUA: USCIRF condemns Nicaragua’s 26-year prison sentence for Bishop Rolando Álvarez USCIRF (14.02.2023) – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns the Nicaraguan government’s sentencing of Catholic Bishop Rolando...