Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses leader found guilty of extremism

A regional court in Russia’s Altai region found the local head of the Jehovah's Witnesses guilty of extremism on Thursday and sentenced him to 100 hours of community service.The Jehovah's Witnesses is an international religious...

Aggression towards Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia reaches unprecedented heights

Authorities’ religious intolerance and harassment reminiscent of the Soviet eraCHEBOKSARY, Russia— For the first time in Russia since the end of the Soviet Union, Russian citizens who are Jehovah’s Witnesses are now being arrested and...

Russia: Protests in Rostov against Jehovah’s Witnesses

After accusations, trials and physical attacks, street protests now target the JW. Slogans and banners stigmatize the community as an extremist sect.Moscow - After house raids, court trials for extremism and physical aggression now the...

Jehovah’s Witness leader arrested for extremism

A Jehovah’s Witness leader has been charged with inciting religious hatred, local investigators said on Wednesday.The coordinator of the city’s Jehovah's Witness church, estimated to have 90 followers, is accused of distributing extremist materials and...

Harassment and Mistreatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia

Harassment and Mistreatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia http://www.jw-media.org/rus/incidents_map_e.htm  

Dozens killed in blast at Moscow airport

Russian state TV reported 31 people are dead and more than 100 others were injured in an explosion at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow.In a post on its website, the Russian Investigative Committee is blaming the...

Examples of literature banned by the Russian Federation Supreme Court,

JUDGE FOR YOURSELFWhy were these publications declared extremist?On December 8, 2009, the publications listed below were declared to be “extremist materials” by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Below are statements found in the...

Now in Russia

On January 8, 2011, in the village of Pravokumskoye (Stavropol) a report was filed with the police regarding the actions of a local Russian Orthodox priest who spoke offensively to women he realized were Jehovah’s...

Russian court to resume trial of Jehovah’s Witnesses leader

A court in the Siberian town of Gorno-Altaisk will resume on Tuesday hearings in the trial against the leader of a local branch of Jehovah's Witnesses for circulating extremist materials, the court's spokesman said.Alexander Kalistratov,...

Russia uses extremism law to target dissenters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - When armed Russian security officers forced their way into Alexander Kalistratov's home, he hardly imagined they were after his books.The local leader of a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses in Siberia now faces...