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INFORMATION PACKETS “Jehovah’s Witnesses of Moscow v. Russia”

 INFORMATION PACKETS (download)“Jehovah’s Witnesses of Moscow v. Russia”click on image to download it A summary of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in favor of the Moscow Community of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Comments from Russian Brothers thank the Support of Brothers of the whole world

1) Welcome, dear brothers and sisters! My name is Maxim, I am from Russia and a non-baptized publisher. I want to express my gratitude to all of you for this invaluable support from all over...

Former Jehovah’s Witnesses called on to testify in Russian Supreme Court case

In Russia, the trial against Jehovah’s Witnesses continued this week into its fourth day, with the Ministry of Justice attempting to smear the Witnesses by calling former members of the organization to testify. These previous members were all associated with...

Is Religious Right Hero Vladimir Putin About To Ban Jehovah’s Witnesses?

Next week, the Supreme Court of Russia will hear a case involving the Jehovah’s Witnesses that the church says could lead to its national headquarters near St. Petersburg being shut down, along with 400 local organizations...

Russia’s police deliberately put prohibited forms, mainly extremist literature in the halls of Jehovah’s Witnesses

The Ministry of Justice of Russia requires a total ban on the large religion of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. They are charged with the storage and dissemination of extremist materials. However, Jehovah's Witnesses collected more...

Russia’s Supreme Court to continue hearings on Jehovah’s Witnesses ban

At Wednesday’s hearing, eyewitnesses will be questioned and then the court will be able to study the case files and hear the argumentsMOSCOW, April 12. /TASS/. Russia’s Supreme Court will continue hearings on Wednesday on...

Day 4: Report: the Supreme Court is hearing a case on the prohibition of religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses

12 April8:00 AMMoscow, Cook Street. An invigorating morning. Frozen fingers. At the entrance more than 200 people. Those who are at the beginning of the line came to the court by taxi by 5:30, but they were not the...

Russia tries to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses, like Nazi Germany did before WWII

Russia’s Ministry of Justice says Jehovah’s Witnesses are ‘terrorists’; Russia’s Supreme Court to decide whether to outlaw the religion - yet againWashington, D.C.’s United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Website expresses deep concern over the Russian government’s...

SPECIAL REPORT RUSSIA’S ATTACK on RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

The Ministry of Justice issued a directive to suspend immediately the activity of the national Administrative Center and all 395 legal entities, or Local Religious Organizations (LROs), of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The directive effectively bans the...

Quotes From Supreme Court Case Against Jehovah’s Witnesses

“The brochure, Listen to God: It barely has any printed information. It contains pictures and Bible verses and a few brief expressions. What could be extremist in the brochure? The FSB pointed to one phrase...