The Conference of Jehovah’s Witnesses Returns to Thessaloniki

After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, one of the largest conference organizing organizations in the world has once again chosen the city of Thessaloniki - to host a series of three-day conferences that...

RUSSIA: Judges “ignore completely” amended Supreme Court guidance on Extremism Law application

Hundreds of Jehovah's Witnesses and dozens of Muslims who read theologian Said Nursi's works have been jailed or given suspended sentences on "extremism" charges. October 2021 Supreme Court revised guidance for extremism trials directed judges...

Jehovah’s Witnesses return for convention

Jehovah's Witnesses return for convention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6vVMJ-9Cqs
Andrii Vyshnevetsky (right), Supreme Court hearing, 22 May 2023 Photo Credit: Yurii Sheliazhenko

Ukraine: Conscientious Objector Freed, New Trial Ordered

Ukraine’s Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Christian conscientious objector Vitaly Alekseenko – the first jailed conscientious objector since Russia’s renewed invasion – and ordered his release from prison. However, the Supreme Court ordered a...