by admin_HRWF | Feb 25, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
HRWF (25.02.2021) – On 24 February, a Russian court convicted Valentina Baranovskaya (69) and her son Roman Baranovskiy (46), both Jehovah’s Witnesses) and sentenced them to two and six years in prison respectively. Valentina, who will be 70 in April, is the...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 25, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
HRWF (25.02.2021) – On 20 February 2021, the Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala (Dagestan) sentenced Bagavudin Omarov to three years in prison and one year of restricted freedom. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 25, 2021 | Human Rights in the World
By Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (19.02.2021) – https://bit.ly/3uvx0nd – A Russian court has convicted Rostov civic activist Anastasia Shevchenko of taking part in an NGO which the state has declared ‘undesirable’ and passed a...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 16, 2021 | Human Rights in the World
15.02.21 – Two of Jehovah’s Witnesses detained in Moscow after February 10 raids 10 sent to detention center on the street of Verkhniye Polya Link to full text in Russian: https://jw-russia.org/news/2021/02/7.html On 12 February 2021, Dmitry Zozulya, Judge...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 11, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
JW World Headquarters (10.02.2021) – On 10 February, a Russian court imposed the longest, harshest sentence—7.5 years in prison—against one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 63-year-old Aleksandr Ivshin. Prior to today’s ruling, 6 years was the longest sentence imposed on one...