If Parliament approves a draft Law, individuals will be stripped of the possibility to complain to the UN Human Rights Committee about violations of their rights under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights....

In December 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Committee asked Belarus to respond in the case of 33-year-old Jehovah's Witness conscientious objector Dmitry Mozol. In February 2021, a court in Pinsk fined him four months'...

Brest Regional Court unconstitutionally rejected an appeal by 21-year-old Jehovah Witness conscientious objector Viktor Kalina against his conviction and large fine for refusing to do military service. The appeal rejection came one week before Belarus'...

MINSK, Belarus—From July 15 to 17, 2011, Jehovah’s Witnesses held a three-day convention in Minsk entitled, “Let God’s Kingdom Come!” The delegates came from all six administrative districts in Belarus. The peak attendance was 5,156,...