Human Rights in the World
UKRAINE: Russification at any cost in occupied Ukraine with children even physically punished for speaking Ukrainian Russia is intent on eradicating the Ukrainian language and all aspects of Ukrainian identity, with young Ukrainians a particular target By Halya...
Human Rights in the World
RUSSIA: A lawyer in pretrial detention for a post about the shelling of a hypermarket in Kharkiv OVD-Info (09.11.2024) – The Central District Court of Volgograd arrested lawyer Ruslan Nurushev for a publication in “VKontakte” about the strike with...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
RUSSIA: 127 Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to heavy terms languish behind bars By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers The European Times (04.11.2024) – On 25 October, 46-year-old Jehovah’s Witness Roman Mareev was released after having...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest October 16-31 29.10.2024 – Roman Mareyev released after three years in pre-trial JW – On October 25, 2024, Roman Mareyev, 46, was released, having completely served his sentence for faith. After his...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
UKRAINE: The law on alternative (non-military) service will be examined by the Constitutional Court HRWF (19.10.2024) – On 24 September 2024, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine opened proceedings in the case regarding the constitutionality of Article 1 of the...
