Russia: Banning Jehovah’s Witnesses – Day 5
April 19, 2017 – Fifth day of the Russia Supreme Court case brought by the Justice Ministry to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Russian Federation. The content below is a direct translation of the text found on jw-russia.org. As the site is run by the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, the organisation behind Jehovah’s Witnesses, the content is biased towards […]
Russia: Cherepanov Sergei Borisovich’s letter
Cherepanov Sergei Borisovich is the Deputy Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses. On Friday, April 7, 2017, after the day’s supreme court proceedings to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia, he wrote a letter directly to the Supreme Court. This is a translation of that letter which was written in […]
Russia: Banning Jehovah’s Witnesses – Day 4
Russia: Banning Jehovah’s Witnesses – Day 3
April 7, 2017 – Third day of the Russian Supreme Court hearing of the case brought by the Justice Ministry to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. Based on a translation from a source inside the Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses’ community, here is a summary of the events which took place today in the Supreme Court in Moscow. This is […]
Russia: Banning Jehovah’s Witnesses – Day 2
April 6, 2017 – Second day of the Russian Supreme Court hearing of the case brought by the Justice Ministry to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. Based on a translation from a source inside the Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses’ community, here is a summary of the events which took place today in the Supreme Court in Moscow. This […]
Why Jehovah’s Witnesses may be Extremist
Jehovah’s Witnesses have said on their Russian website that their incitement to hatred towards people is foreign to them. They say that they follow the humane precepts of Jesus Christ. They go on to provide FOUR reasons why referring to them as extremist is erroneous. AvoidJW.org has reviewed and commented on these reasons. Before we review these […]
Russia: Banning Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia Day 1
April 5, 2017 – The Russian Supreme Court began hearing the case brought by the Justice Ministry to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. According to a source inside the Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses’ community, here is a summary of the events which took place today in the Supreme Court in Moscow. This is a translation of […]
UK: Charity Commission welcomes renewed court victory over safeguarding investigation
The Charity Commission has welcomed an Upper Tribunal judgment dismissing an appeal against its decision to investigate a charity over safeguarding concerns. The regulator placed Manchester New Moston Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (charity number 1065201 – ‘the charity’) under inquiry in May 2014 to investigate concerns about the charity’s approach to safeguarding. The charity applied […]
RUSSIA: Human Rights Violations
Jehovah’s Witnesses have released the following press release on their official website, jw.org, in relation to their human rights crisis in Russia: Threatened with an imminent ban on their worship in Russia, Jehovah’s Witnesses are responding with a direct appeal to Kremlin and Supreme Court officials for relief through a global letter-writing campaign. The Governing […]