by admin_HRWF | Sep 2, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
HRWF (02.09.2020) – Today, the Berezovsky City Court of the Kemerovo Region sentenced two Jehovah’s Witnesses, 55-year-old Sergey Britvin and 48-year-old Vadim Levchuk, to four years in prison. The prosecution had asked for six and a half years. The men will...
by admin_HRWF | Sep 2, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
02.09.20- The first convictions in Kemerovo Region have been handed down to two of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Link to full text in Russian: https://jw-russia.org/news/2020/09/2.html On September 2, 2020, the 14-month court proceedings against Jehovah’s Witnesses Sergey...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 29, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Iranian-Armenian Christian Joseph Shahbazian has been released on bail after nearly two months in detention. Article 18 (25.08.2020) – https://articleeighteen.com/news/6696/ – The 56-year-old was one of dozens of Christians arrested by Revolutionary Guards...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 19, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
– Happy birthday, Mr Dvorkin. USCIRF dedicated a special research paper about your crusades against Jehovah’s Witnesses and other religious minorities – HRWF (20.08.2020) – For more than 25 years, Alexander Dvorkin, the Russian notorious enemy of any...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 19, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
– Bitter Winter (18.08.2020) – https://bit.ly/324rfQ3 – Bitter Winter publishes the core part of the decision of the Korla City People’s Court dated June 30, 2020. For the background, see our relevant article. Defendant Liu, Weiguo committed...
