by admin_HRWF | Sep 8, 2019 | Russia, Ukraine
– HRWF (07.09.2019) – The prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia has finally taken place this Saturday afternoon but Ukrainian media and “our” media in the West almost only focus on the 35 prisoners arriving in Ukraine and fail to investigate properly...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 7, 2019 | Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Religion, Russia
– HRWF (07.08.2019) – The state repression of Jehovah’s Witnesses is accelerating month after month in Russia according to recent statistics provided by the headquarters of their movement in the US to Human Rights Without Frontiers, such as those about...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 6, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Jehovah's Witnesses, Religion, Russia
SOVA Center (01.08.2019) – https://bit.ly/33cL3Rb- In July, we learned about several administrative prosecution cases related to religious literature that we consider inappropriately prohibited. Back in early June, the Orenburg District Court of the Orenburg...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 21, 2019 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Mormons, Proselytism, Religion, Russia
– RFE/RL (21.03.2019) – https://bit.ly/2Tob5ui- Two Mormons who were detained in Russia and accused of violating immigration laws have been released and are returning home to the United States. Americans Kole Brodowski, 20, and David Gaag, 19, “have...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 19, 2019 | Christians, Freedom of Religion and Belief, Jehovah's Witnesses, Poland, Russia
– JW Headquarters (19.03.2019) – Almost two years after the ban of their movement in Russia, 150 Jehovah’s Witnesses are currently under investigation.Already in 2019 Russian law enforcement has conducted raids on JWs in 10 cities in 6 regions (in 2018 Russian...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 15, 2019 | Russia
– Paul Goble – Eurasia Daily Monitor (14.03.2019) – https://bit.ly/2TBI6II – Moscow’s recent decision to extradite a Talysh activist to Azerbaijan was a not-so-subtle sign that reinforced previous impressions the Russian government is tilting...
