by HRWF | Oct 3, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest September 16-30 29.09.2023 – In the Tver region, a priest was forced to repent for praying for peace Sova Center – On September 25, 2023, it became known that in the Tver region parishioners complained...
by HRWF | Sep 25, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: More than 2000 homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses searched in six years 730 JWs criminally charged and 400 jailed By Willy Fautré European Times (23.09.2023) – Since the ban of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017, more than 2,000 homes of believers have been...
by HRWF | Sep 18, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Human Rights in the World
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest September 01-15 15.09.2023 – The Court of the City of Kazan sent Sergey Gromov to a penal colony for six years for conducting religious meetings JW- On September 14, 2023, the examination of the case of...
by HRWF | Sep 12, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Five Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to 30 years in prison in all By Willy Fautré The European Times (11.09.2023) – As of 18 August 2023, a total of 116 Witnesses were in prison in Russia for practicing their faith in private. In April 2017, the...
by HRWF | Aug 31, 2023 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest Aug. 16-31 31.08.2023 – Former priest Ioann Kurmoyarov sentenced for “fakes” about the army Sova Center – On August 31, 2023, the Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg delivered a guilty...
