Nikolai Makhalichev was detained on 21 February in Haradok, northeast Belarus, and is now at imminent risk of extradition to Russia. As a Jehovah’s Witness, he is facing unfounded charges of ...

There were about 170,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia at the time of the group’s ban. As many as 833 of them have faced ...

Five members of the Jehovah's Witness religious group have been detained in Russia on weapons and extremism charges, investigators say. The denomination has faced scrutiny in Russia in recent ...

TASS/. Russia’s Justice Ministry has suspended the activities of the religious organization calling itself Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia due to its extremist activities.

A Danish citizen living in Russia has been sentenced to six years in prison for practising as a Jehovah's Witness. The religious organisation was declared an "extremist" group by Russia's courts ...

BERLIN, April 21. /TASS/. Germany’s government has voiced concerns over the decision of Russia’s Supreme Court to rule that the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious group is an extremist ...

(RNS) — Nine Jehovah’s Witnesses were convicted of extremism by a Russian court on Tuesday (March 5), receiving sentences of up to seven years in a penal colony for practicing their faith.

On 25 June, the prosecution appealed the court decision of 23 June to release Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen, a Danish national living in Russia. On 26 June, the penal colony authorities put him ...

“Jehovah’s Witnesses Do Not Need a Search for the Truth” Interview with Artem Grigoryan, a former long-standing member of Jehovah's Witnesses Priest George Maximov In association with the Russian SPAS ...

The U.S.-headquartered Jehovah’s Witnesses have been under pressure for years in Russia, where the dominant Orthodox Church is championed by President Vladimir Putin. Orthodox scholars have cast ...

Russia’s crackdown on religious activity took a major step forward this week as the Justice Ministry banned Jehovah’s Witnesses. Russia has steadily curtailed rights to evangelize in recent ...