Freedom of Religion and Belief
LITHUANIA and the Jehovah’s Witnesses, what is the matter? Enhanced state recognition was refused to the religious organizations based on arguments that have already been rejected by the courts, including the European Court of Human Rights. Version in Lithuanian by...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: 68-year-old Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to 2.5 years of forced labor Sova Center (16.05.2024) – On March 16, 2024, the Orel Regional Court approved the sentence of Jehovah’s Witness Tatiana Piskareva. She was sentenced to two and a half years...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
GEORGIA/ECHR: Georgian Muslim Relations and Others v. Georgia A bleeding pig’s head and other expressions of religious hatred with no police intervention by dr. Cathérine Van de Graaf1 Strasbourg Observers (23.04.2024) – On 30 November, the Fifth Division of the...
Human Rights in the World, Uncategorized
Hamas at the heart of a decision of the European Court Internationale Humanitäre Hilfsorganisation v. Germany: An Organisation Supporting the Terrorist Entity Hamas Does Not Enjoy Protection under the ECHR by Tommaso Virgili (*) Strasbourg Observers (19.01.2024)...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ECHR/SPAIN: Hearing on blood transfusion administered to a Jehovah’s Witness against her will Watch HERE the video recording of the Grand Chamber hearing in the case Pindo Mulla v. Spain (Application no. 15541/20) Registrar of the European Court (10.01.2024) –...