Human Rights in the World
RUSSIA: Human rights defender Oleg Orlov (70) jailed By Aaron Rhodes Foref Europe (06.03.2024) – On February 27, 2024, a Russian court sentenced human rights defender Oleg Orlov to a two-and-a-half year prison term, convicting him of “discrediting” the Russian...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Nine Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to three to seven years in prison By Willy Fautré The European Times (07.03.2024) On 5 March, a Russian court in Irkutsk convicted nine Jehovah’s Witness men, sentencing them from three to seven years of prison. The case...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest February 16-29 01.03.2024 – Russia jails Jehovah’s Witness for 8 years after ‘mole’ secretly films worship meeting Reuters – A court in southwestern Russia has sentenced a...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: Navalny, a cumbersome corpse for the Kremlin and the Orthodox Church Navalny, a convert from atheism to Orthodoxy, remains a source of disarray after his death By Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (2002.2024) – The unexpected death...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
UKRAINE: Italy gives € 500,000 for the restoration of Odessa’s Orthodox Cathedral shelled by Russia The church, heavily damaged by Russian shelling on July 23, 2023, is one of the beneficiaries of the projects of the Italian presidency of G7. by Willy Fautré with...