by admin_HRWF | Dec 31, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
30.12.20 – Jehovah’s Witnesses under the yoke of repression: results of 2020 Link to full text in Russian: jw-russia.org/news/2020/12/11.html How many people were repressed for their faith in 2020. As of December 30, 2020, 427 followers of the religion of...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 25, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (26.12.2020) – On 16 December, the Leninskiy District Court of Novosibirsk (Siberia) sentenced Yuriy Savelyev, 66, to six years in prison under Criminal Code Article 282.2, Part 1...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 1, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
30.11.20 – Another Jehovah’s Witness put under house arrest instead of detention Moscow, November 30, Interfax – The Presnensky District Court of Moscow on Monday did not take into custody the fifth detained follower of the movement Jehovah’s...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 17, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
13.11.20 – A Cherkessk resident is suspected of extremism for talking about the Bible. Her daughter’s drawings were seized as evidence from the believer Link to full text in Russian: https://jw-russia.org/news/2020/11/3.html In the morning of November 12,...
by admin_HRWF | Nov 11, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
HRWF (11.11.2020) – Many Jehovah’s Witnesses are behind bars in Russia for the peaceful exercise of their religious freedom according to a report published by Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF)[1]. The report exposes the reasons behind this persecution of...
