On 14 January, a Russian-controlled court in the occupied Ukrainian city of Sevastopol jailed two Jehovah's Witnesses, 53-year-old Sergey Zhigalov and 55-year-old Viktor Kudinov, for six years each for organising the activities of a banned...

The number of new criminal cases against conscientious objectors has surged since summer 2024 after the General Prosecutor's Office wrote to local prosecutors. About 300 conscientious objectors now face criminal investigations which could lead –...

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, different religious organizations have reacted differently to both the events in Ukraine and the war. The position of these religions has not left society indifferent. Unfortunately, we...

Ukraine’s Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Christian conscientious objector Vitaly Alekseenko – the first jailed conscientious objector since Russia’s renewed invasion – and ordered his release from prison. However, the Supreme Court ordered a...

Aleksandr Litvinyuk is not due to complete his jail term and post-prison restrictions until the mid-2030s, by which time he would be over 75. Armyansk Prosecutor's Office refused to put Forum 18 through to Prosecutor...

Ivano-Frankivsk police told Protestant conscientious objector Vitaly Alekseenko "to be ready to be taken to prison" on 20 February. He lost his appeal against his one-year jail term on 16 January. "The court gave me...

“The Armenian City Court announced the verdict against Alexander Dubovenko and Alexander Litvinyuk, according to which both defendants were found guilty of organizing the activities of the religious community of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Both believers were...

As the fighting in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine intensified, Brother Mykola Bozhedomov made several trips back to Kramatorsk to help as many as possible to escape the war zone. [caption id="attachment_6265" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Brother...

We are happy to report that Jehovah blessed his people in Ukraine so that our brothers and sisters throughout the country were able to observe the Memorial of Christ’s death. Several Kingdom Halls in western...