Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest July 16-31 31.07.2024 – At the request of the Prosecutor, the Primorye Regional Court commuted the sentences of four believers from Luchegorsk. JW – On July 4, 2024, the Primorye Regional Court...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ECHR: Russia to pay 160,000 EUR to 16 Jehovah’s Witnesses but no chance they will ever see that money By Willy Fautré, Director of Human Rights Without Frontiers The European Times (29.07.2024) – On 18 July 2024, the European Court of Human Rights examined nine...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest July 01-15 10.07.2024 – Two Muslims in Moscow found guilty of studying banned books by Said Nursi Sova – The court sentenced Zurab Dzhabrailov and Jeyhun Rustamov to imprisonment under the article...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
LITHUANIA and the Jehovah’s Witnesses, what is the matter? Enhanced state recognition was refused to the religious organizations based on arguments that have already been rejected by the courts, including the European Court of Human Rights. Version in Lithuanian by...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
JAPAN: United Nations denounce discrimination and hate crimes against Jehovah’s Witnesses and others For the first time, an official UN document signed by four Special Rapporteurs acknowledges the existence of a major religious liberty crisis in the country. by...
