Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Freedom of religion or belief: Special Bimonthly FORB Digest (01–15.01.2022) 14.01.2022 – Court approves sentencing of three Jehovah’s Witnesses from Pavlov On January 14, 2022, the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court upheld the conviction of Alexei...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Jehovah’s Witnesses deregistered since 1960 defend their case at the UN Human Rights Committee Text of their submission HRWF/ AAJW & EAJW (12.01.2022) – On the occasion of the upcoming 134th session of the UN Human Rights Committee (28 February – 25 March...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Freedom of religion or belief : Special Bimonthly FORB Digest (16–30.12.2021) 30.12.2021 – First prison term after the Plenum Ruling: one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Aleksandr Nikolayev, sentenced to 2.5 years in prison Link to full text in Russian:...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Freedom of religion or belief: Special Bimonthly FORB digest (01-15.12.2021) 14.12.2021 – The court in Tatarstan partially bans the interpretation of the Koran by al-Saadi and the collections of hadiths Link to full text (only in Russian :...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Violations of religious freedom of Jehovah’s Witnesses condemned by the UN Human Rights Committee HRWF (14.12.2021) – On 7 December, the 15 members of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (CCPR) unanimously condemned Kyrgyzstan for violating Jehovah’s...