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Articles with tag "Jehovahs Witnesses"
banned faith
Russia Sentences 4 Jehovah’s Witnesses to Lengthy Prison Terms
A Russian court has sentenced four members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses to prison terms ranging up to seven years, the religious organization ...
Human Rights Ruling
Europe’s Top Rights Court Rules Against Russia’s Jehovah’s Witnesses Ban
The ruling from the ECHR came as Russian lawmakers passed legislation ending its jurisdiction.
outlawed religion
Russia Jails 4 Jehovah's Witnesses for 6 Years
The four adherents organized meetings, collected donations and distributed religious literature, investigators said.
set free
Russia Releases First Jehovah’s Witness Imprisoned for ‘Extremism’
Danish national Dennis Christensen has been in Russian jail since 2017.
lengthy term
Siberian Jehovah’s Witness Jailed Despite Prosecution Ban
Russia outlawed the religious group as an "extremist" organization in 2017.
'interrupted chain'
Russia Acquits First Jehovah’s Witness After Top Court Bans Prosecuting Prayers
The Supreme Court recently ruled that joint prayers among members of banned religious groups “do not contain elements of extremism.”
potential turning point
Russia’s Top Court Bans Prosecuting Jehovah’s Witnesses for Group Prayer
Russia outlawed the Jehovah's Witnesses as “extremist” in 2017 and has since jailed hundreds of worshippers.
growing crackdown
Russia Sentences Jehovah's Witnesses to Lengthy Prison Terms
The latest verdicts are tied for the longest jail sentence handed to a Jehovah’s Witness.
BANNED FAITH
Russia Sentences 4 Jehovah’s Witnesses to Long Jail Terms
39 worshippers have now been jailed since the Supreme Court declared the Christian denomination extremist in 2017.
outlawed faith
Russian Jehovah’s Witness Jailed for ‘Bible Talk’
Vasily Meleshko, 60, was sentenced to 3 years in a prison colony for participating in the activities of a banned organization.
BANNED RELIGION
Russia Sentences 3 Jehovah's Witnesses to 6 Years in Prison
The Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia organization called the extremism sentences “groundless.”
FORBIDDEN WORSHIP
Russia Hands Out Longest Jail Terms Yet to Jehovah’s Witnesses
Two members of the religious denomination labeled “extremist” in 2017 have been sentenced to seven and eight years.
WEEKEND PROFILE
A Russian Jehovah’s Witness Vows to Keep Worshipping Despite Crackdown
“We have never interfered in government affairs, either as revolutionaries or as rebels.”
Religious Persecution
Russia Imprisons 6 Jehovah’s Witnesses for ‘Extremism’
The religious group's activities have been banned in Russia since 2017.
religious crackdown
Russian Court in Crimea Jails Jehovah’s Witness for 6.5 Years
The religious group called the sentence the “harshest” yet against its members in Russian-annexed Crimea.
new precedent
First Woman Jehovah’s Witness Sentenced to Prison in Russia
Valentina Baranovskaya, 69, has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of participation in a banned organization.
outlawed group
Russian Jehovah's Witness Handed Longest 'Extremism' Prison Sentence
Alexander Ivshin, 63, was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for activities including hosting Bible discussions via video link.
banned faith
Moscow Security Forces Raid Jehovah’s Witnesses
Investigators said the worshippers continued to hold “secret meetings and study religious literature” despite the group being banned.
banned faith
Russia Sentences Siberian Jehovah’s Witness Leader to 6 Years
Authorities accused 66-year-old Yury Savelyev of “supervising readings and discussions of extremist literature.”
convicted for worship
Siberian Jehovah’s Witnesses Jailed for ‘Extremism’
“Neither I nor my friends have committed any crime,” one of the defendants said.
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