Freedom of Religion and Belief
Jehovah’s Witnesses flee Russia for worship without fear By KWASI GYAMFI ASIEDU AP (06.03.2022) – https://bit.ly/3tMMqnL – Over the past five years, hundreds of Jehovah’s Witnesses have been subjected to raids, arrests and prosecution in Russia....
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA : Freedom of religion or belief: Special Bimonthly FORB Digest (16–28.02.2022) 27.02.2022 – Jehovah’s Witness deported to… Ukraine (!) after his release Konstantin Bazhenov was deprived of his citizenship due to his criminal prosecution. See...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA-EUROPEAN COURT : Two judgments unanimously in favour of 14 Jehovah’s Witnesses against Russia By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers The European Magazine (23.02.2022) – https://bit.ly/3I9vWMe – On 22 February, the European Court of Human...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Seven Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison terms since 1 January Three Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to six years in prison in two weeks; 76 are in prison in all HRWF (14.02.2022) – The persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses goes on unabated in Russia. Five of them...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
An unfair decision against the Jehovah’s Witnesses On January 27, the County Governor denied to the Witnesses state subsidies they have received for thirty years, creating a danger for all religions. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (02.02.2022) –...