by admin_HRWF | Mar 20, 2023 | Human Rights in the World, Russia
The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation filed a lawsuit for the liquidation of the SOVA Center* Human Rights Without Frontiers calls upon the international community to stand up for SOVA Center and the long-time human rights defender Alexander Verkhovsky,...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 18, 2023 | Human Rights in the World, Russia
ICC judges issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes Arrest warrants issued for Russian leader and his children’s rights commissioner for ‘unlawful deportation’ of Ukrainian children By Julian Borger in Washington and Pjotr Sauer The...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 18, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Christians, Jehovah Witnesses, muslims, Russia
RUSSIA: Religious persecution and issues – Jan 01.15 – Bimonthly news digest 13.01.2023 – The Court of Appeal canceled the recovery of 931 million rubles from the Catholic Archdiocese Sova Center – On January 11, 2023, the Ninth Arbitration...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 30, 2022 | Russia, Jehovah Witnesses
RUSSIA: Religious persecutions and issues – Bimonthly news digest (16-29.12.2022) 29.12.2022 – In Krasnoyarsk, a father of two young children was sentenced to 6 years in prison for believing in Jehovah God. Link to full text in Russian:...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 18, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Jehovah Witnesses, Russia
Religious freedom and issues – Bimonthly Digest (01–15.12.2022) 14.12.2022 – Ukraine handed over to the Russian Federation the rector of the Lisichansky Cathedral, convicted for transferring information about the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the Russians...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 2, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Jehovah Witnesses, Russia
Religious freedom and issues – Bimonthly Digest (15–30.11.2022) 28.11.2022 – In Ussuriysk, three of Jehovah’s Witnesses were given 6 years of suspended sentence for discussing the Bible Link to full text in...
