by admin_HRWF | May 3, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Russia
RUSSIA: Freedom of religion or belief: Special Bimonthly FORB Digest (16–30.04.2022) 29.04.2022 – Maykop police continues raids on Jehovah’s Witnesses for the second month Link to full text in Russian: https://jw-russia.org/news/2022/04/291504.html It...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 27, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Seven Jehovah’s Witnesses put on trial in Russian-occupied Crimea for studying the Bible By Halya Coynash KHPG (26.04.2022) – https://bit.ly/3Km8rQp – It is five years since Russia’s Supreme Court outlawed the Jehovah’s Witnesses, claiming that this...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 20, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
5th anniversary of the ban of Jehovah’s Witnesses: Statistics about the repression JW World Headquarters (20.04.2022) – April 20, 2022 will mark five years since Russia’s Supreme Court criminalized the activity of Jehovah’s Witnesses, liquidated some 400 of...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 16, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Russia
RUSSIA: Special bimonthly FORB digest (01-15.04.2022) 14.04.2022 – The Court did not satisfy the appeal of three of Jehovah’s witnesses from Cheboksary. They are fined for their beliefs Link to full text in Russian:...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 11, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
European Court of Human Rights: Belgium found guilty of tax discrimination against the Jehovah’s Witnesses Granting exemptions from property taxes to “recognized religions” only is not permissible, the Strasbourg judges said. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter...