by admin_HRWF | Oct 23, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Russia
Hare Krishna accused the public authorities of dissemination of false information about their movement (Application no. 37477/11) HRWF (23.10.2017) – Earlier this year, the European Court addressed a number of questions to the parties in the case “Centralised...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 18, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Russia
By Thea Morrison Georgia Today (17.10.2017) – http://bit.ly/2hOns27 – Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of South Ossetia has banned religious group Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist organization, also officially declaring their activities as...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 16, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Russia
Written declaration No. 647 | Doc. 14430 | 13 October 2017 CoE (13.10.2017) – http://bit.ly/2hKWRTs – Whilst the Russian Constitution guarantees every citizen the right to freedom of religion or belief, this fundamental right is at risk as the Russian...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 16, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Russia
Applications nos. 2841/10 and 79469/13 : Fatikh Gayazovich BASYROV against Russia – Farit Ravkhatovich BIKEYEV and Others against Russia lodged on 21 December 2009 and 5 November 2013 respectively. European Court (31.08.2017)...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 16, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Russia
Rashid Dzhabrail-Ogly ABDULOV against Russia (Application no 32040/12) and 8 other applications European Court (31.08.2017) – http://bit.ly/2gmLEvI – The applications concern prosecution of members of religious movement Nurculuk (“Нуржулар”) based on the...
by admin_HRWF | Oct 12, 2017 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Russia
Religious minorities in Russia often face persecution. A Russian pastor’s family had to flee Sochi. Now they hope they can live in Germany. DW (21.09.2017) – http://bit.ly/2xATnOs – “Why Germany? The Protestant Church here is strong,”...
