Month: April 2026

Spanish court rules Jehovah’s Witnesses can be called ‘destructive sect’

A Spanish court has ruled that critics of Jehovah’s Witnesses may describe the religious group as a “destructive sect” without risking defamation claims, citing protections for free expression. Jehovah’s Witnesses, a US-based Christian evangelical movement...

A Jehovah’s Witness* from Kuban has been released from prison.

Lyudmila Shchekoldina, a resident of the village of Pavlovskaya, has been released from prison after spending nearly four years in prison on charges of extremism. [caption id="attachment_10206" align="alignleft" width="1353"] Lyudmila Shchekoldina's family greets her after...

Presidential Message on the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust

During the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, our Nation remembers the more than 6 million innocent Jewish lives taken in one of the most horrific atrocities and worst acts of anti-Semitism in...

Court Draws a Hard Line: South Korean Judges Reject Bid for Home-Commuting Alternative Service

A South Korean court ruling has brought renewed attention to the rigid legal boundaries surrounding alternative military service, highlighting the difficult intersection of conscience, family responsibility, military obligation and the limits of judicial intervention. In...