Freedom of Religion and Belief
About 400 individuals still detained for their faith, according to USCIRF HRWF (27.08.2021) – Despite several collective releases in 2020 and 2021, about 400 Eritreans are still behind bars, according to the latest report of the United States Commission on...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Vasiliy Meleshko is the 22nd Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to prison in 2021 By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers The European Times (14.08.2021) – https://bit.ly/3xM62s3 – On 11 August, 60-year-old Vasiliy Meleshko was sentenced to three...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Jehovah’s Witnesses in the French MIVILUDES Report: Five mistakes Not surprisingly, the methodology of the MIVILUDES leads to systematic mistakes By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (11.08.2021) – https://bit.ly/3ACIFCS – In a previous...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
The life of two Jehovah’s Witnesses under threat in prison An emergency application was filed yesterday, 9 August, with the European court to save the life of Anatoliy Isakov and Aleksandr Lubin, categorized as “degree II disabled persons” and currently in custody...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Jehovah’s Witnesses: A strange Norwegian decision A Norwegian court “annulled” an ecclesiastical decision disfellowshipping a woman—a clear violation of religious freedom. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter (06.08.2021) – https://bit.ly/3s0Yy2W –...