Religious freedom watchdog seeks Eritrea’s release of 80-year-old Jehovah’s Witness

A Jehovah’s Witnesses spokesman said that ‘there is growing concern that Tesfazion may not live long enough to ever be reunited with his family and friends.’ [caption id="attachment_6481" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Jehovah’s Witness Tesfazion Gebremichael, inset,...

High Court hears Jehovah’s Witness trio harassed and ostracised for refusing to participate in rain-making ritual; convicted by village headman

THREE members of the Jehovah’s Witness church recently won a case at the Mutare High Court where they were challenging forced participation in a traditional rain making ceremony, which was against their conscience. The court...

Hurricane Sandy: Survivors, Volunteers Inspired By Brotherly Love 10 Years Later

Brian and Jackie Alexander tried to steel themselves to face the damage that Hurricane Sandy had inflicted on their apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Still, nothing could have prepared them for the sight of their...

Protect to Russian Orthodox Church is was the main reason used to “liquidate” the Jehovah’s Witnesses

After Russian anti-cultists accused the U.S. and Ukrainian intelligence of infiltrating criminal Satanist “cults” into Russia, and Putin himself described the West as dominated by Satanism, Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov has been requested to ban Satanist groups as “extremists”...

Jehovah’s Witnesses Back at the Chicago Marathon for the First Time in Three Years

As athletes raced past iconic skyscrapers and well-known landmarks during the 44th Chicago Marathon, they also ran past another familiar sight: Jehovah’s Witnesses standing next to mobile carts featuring colorful literature in a variety of languages....

Tajikistan’s Ban of Jehovah’s Witnesses Illegal, UN Human Rights Committee Says

The United Nations Human Rights Committee (CCPR) is the UN body ruling on violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). States that have signed the Optional Protocol to the ICCPR recognize...