Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia Have Ban Appeal Date Set But Have Little Hope of Success

An appeal against a ban of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia has been set by the country’s Supreme Court for July 17. The liquidation of the Christian denomination’s 395 local religious chapters in the country was...

Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia intensifies

Teachers have humiliated Jehovah’s Witness children in front of their classmates. Arsonists have burned Witnesses’ homes. Security forces have raided their meeting halls.Since the Russian Supreme Court on April 20 declared the Jehovah’s Witnesses an extremist group,...

Danish man arrested in Russian raid on Jehovah’s Witness service

A Danish national was arrested this week during a police raid in the central city of Oryol, Russia, during a worship service by members of the Jehovah's Witnesses, which Russia recently banned as an extremist...

RUSSIA: Fines, vandalism follow Jehovah’s Witness liquidation

As Jehovah's Witnesses challenge the Supreme Court liquidation of all their organisations as "extremist", their Centre is closed, police have sealed some Kingdom Halls and bank accounts are frozen. Individuals continue to face fines, children...

Jehovah’s Witnesses appealed against Supreme Court decision

 Â On the 30-day deadline, an appeal was lodged against the decision of the Supreme Court of Russia of April 20, 2017 to liquidate all registered organizations of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. The full text of the...

Kazakhstan Imprisons Ailing Jehovah’s Witness and Bans His Worship

ALMATY, Kazakhstan—On May 2, 2017, a court in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, sentenced Teymur Akhmedov to a five-year prison sentence for performing his peaceful Bible education work, characterized by the court as “inciting religious discord”...

Myths and Facts what is Situation for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia now?

Myth: The Supreme Court of the RF banned the Jehovah's Witnesses. Fact: The Jehovah's Witnesses are citizens of Russia, whom it is impossible to ban according to current legislation. The Supreme Court banned (more precisely, liquidated)...

To Fight “Extremism,” Russia Bans Jehovah’s Witnesses

Under the guise of battling “extremism,” Russian authorities decided last month to ban the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organization. The decision to prohibit the organization, seize its property, and shut down its operations came in the...

Russian Orthodox against Jehovah’s Witnesses

The Moscow Patriarch distances itself from the government policy but at the same time terms it  "a positive gesture". The ban also concerns Catholics, who fear "new forms of discrimination". The Russian "symphony" between the...

KAZAKHSTAN: Five year jail, three year ban

Jehovah's Witness prisoner of conscience, pensioner and cancer-sufferer Teymur Akhmedov was jailed in Astana on 2 May for five years and banned for a further three years from conducting "ideological/preaching activity". He denied KNB secret...