by HRWF | Nov 17, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Russia’s Top Court Bans Prosecuting Jehovah’s Witnesses for Group Prayer The Moscow Times (17.11.2021) – https://bit.ly/3wTQ2p3 – Russia’s Supreme Court has banned the criminal prosecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses for joint worship, potentially...
by HRWF | Aug 1, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Russia sentences three Jehovah’s Witnesses to six years in prison 51 Jehovah’s Witnesses are in prison and 34 under house arrest – 246 criminal cases involving 517 believers are open HRWF with Moscow Times and JW.ORG (30.07.2021) – A Russian district...
by HRWF | Nov 11, 2020 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
The Moscow Times (10.11.2020) – https://bit.ly/35oyANr – More than 400 Jehovah’s Witnesses have been charged or convicted in Russia since the country banned the religious group as an “extremist” organization three years ago, the Jehovah’s Witnesses in...
by HRWF | Mar 24, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
By AFP The Moscow Times (16.03.2020) – https://bit.ly/2J7qTiC – Russia on Monday lifted the house arrest of an LGBT rights activist accused of distributing pornography for posting drawings of vaginas on a body-positive social media page. ...