Freedom of Religion and Belief
NORWAY: Why the Oslo district court decision against Jehovah’s Witnesses is wrong It claims that the practice of shunning in Norway illegally prevents adults and minors from leaving the religious organization. This claim is false. By Massimo Introvigne Bitter Winter...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
NORWAY: Jehovah’s Witnesses go to trial against Norway after state registration is revoked ‘It’s certainly the most important trial about a religious freedom issue in Norway in decades,’ said Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers. Religion...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Photo: The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Norwegian remote translation office and theocratic school facility, which served as the Norway branch office until 2012 (when the work in Norway came under the supervision of the Scandinavia branch, located in Denmark). Source: jw.org....
Freedom of Religion and Belief
OSCE NORWAY: Arbitrary de-registration of Jehovah’s Witnesses: a case of discrimination denounced at the OSCE Even the Russian Orthodox Church which supports Russia’s war on Ukraine and the Catholic Church marred with sexual abuse are not de-registered or barred from...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
NORWAY: Norwegian city under fire for refusing grants to Christian institutions Nine council members in the city of Klepp in Norway are investigating possible violations of religious discrimination. CNE (11.04.2023) – The municipal council members are currently...