Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Cassation confirms a 2 ½ years sentence of a Jehovah’s Witness More than 140 Jehovah’s Witnesses are now in prison for practicing their faith in private By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (04.08.2023) – On 27 July 2023, the Fourth...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: FORB Bimonthly Digest: religious persecutions and issues (16-31 July) 31.07.2023 – Debates on the case of Jehovah’s Witnesses took place in Yugorsk SOVA – Andrei Zhukov and Ivan Sorokin are accused of organizing the activities of a banned...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
BELGIUM: Some reflections about the Recommendation of the Federal Cult Observatory on “cult victims” (II) Version en français I Version en français II By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (12.07.2023) – On June 26, the Federal...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest June 16-30 29.06.2023 – Russian patriarch tells papal envoy their Churches should work together for peace Reuters – The head of Russia’s influential Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, told an...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest June 01-15 15.06.2023 – Jehovah’s Witness approved sentence in Kemerovo Region SOVA – On June 14, 2023, the Kemerovo Regional Court upheld the verdict against Jehovah’s Witness Sergei Ananin,...