Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Heavy prison terms for 9 Jehovah’s Witnesses in the occupied territory of Crimea By Willy Fautré The European Times (21.06.2024) – Nine Jehovah’s Witnesses living in the occupied territory of Crimea are currently serving heavy prison terms of 54 to 72...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest November 16-30 30.11.2023 – The Cassation Court left Andrey Danielyan from Rubtsovsk in prison JW – On November 30, 2023, the panel of judges of the Eighth Court of Cassation of General...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
The Russian Orthodox Church annexes dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in occupied territories By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (10.06.2022) – The Dzhankoy, Simferopol and Feodosia dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) of the...
Human Rights in the World
Russia sentences Crimean Tatar to 17 years for solidarity with political prisoners By Halya Coynash KHRPG (20.04.2022) – https://bit.ly/3EJvNOD – A court in Russia has sentenced Emil Ziyadinov to 17 years after a farcical ‘trial’ that made no pretence of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Russia sentences two Crimean Tatars to 17 and 13 years for talking about their faith By Halya Coynash KHPG (23.03.2022) – https://bit.ly/3qOQ2F4 – A Russian ‘court’ which has been imprisoning Ukrainian political prisoners since 2014 has...
