Freedom of Religion and Belief
TAIWAN: Military to study exemptions on religious grounds Taipei Times (24.02.2025) – The Ministry of National Defense (MND) yesterday pledged to study the recommendations of a human rights commission following the prosecution of a man who refused to show up for...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
NORWAY: Jehovah’s Witnesses “fully vindicated” by the Appeal Court of Borgarting A wrong decision denying state subsidies and registration to the organization because of its policy towards excluded ex-members has been overturned in appeal (the titles in the text are...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA : Religious issues and persecution: Bimonthly Digest March 01-15 13.03.2025 – A resident of Glazov brought up on biblical principles was denied alternative civilian service Susarin News – Glazov. Udmurtia. The Glazovsky District Court of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
NORWAY: Deregistration attempt of Jehovah’s Witnesses unanimously declared invalid by the Court of Appeal By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (17.03.2025) – On 14 March, the Borgarting Court of Appeal issued a landmark judgment...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: A Jehovah’s Witness sentenced by the Supreme Court of Adygea to 6 years in a penal colony The prosecutor’s request in 2024 was 9 years of detention for holding religious meetings online JW-Russia (11.03.2025) – On 10 March 2025, the Supreme Court of Adygea...
