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Rising Religious Intolerance in Azerbaijan
Officials obstruct peaceful religious activity by imposing heavy fines and jail sentences on Jehovah’s Witnesses. Will Azerbaijan’s high authorities correct this injustice?
Twenty Million Estimated to Attend Witnesses’ Annual Event
Jehovah’s Witnesses are participating in a global campaign to invite as many as possible to the Memorial of Christ’s death, which will be held on April 3, 2015.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Democratic Republic of Congo Prohibits Religious Discrimination in Schools
Authorities acted decisively to prohibit church-sponsored schools from ignoring students’ rights. Over 300 Witness children have been unjustly expelled on religious grounds.
Witnesses Provide Air and Ground Relief After Destructive Floods in Mozambique
Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to provide assistance and spiritual support after deadly floods inundated northern and central Mozambique.
Religious Freedom at a Crossroads in Kyrgyzstan
On December 24, 2014, the Supreme Court upheld the right of all citizens, including Jehovah’s Witnesses, to share their religious beliefs with their neighbors. Can Witnesses in southern Kyrgyzstan now enjoy religious freedom?
Witnesses Win Major Awards for Green Building Design and Construction
Two buildings constructed by Jehovah’s Witnesses in Wallkill, New York, received the top certification of Four Green Globes.
South Korea Guilty of Arbitrary Detention of Conscientious Objectors
Every year, authorities imprison hundreds of young Witnesses as conscientious objectors. For the fifth time, the UN Human Rights Committee states that South Korea has no justification to do so.
Religious Buildings Seized in Eastern Regions of Ukraine
Armed groups forcibly take Kingdom Halls in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Are these random acts of violence, or is it religious persecution?
Armenia Successfully Implements Alternative Civilian Service
Jehovah’s Witnesses who are enrolled in the program, their coworkers, and the program’s directors and supervisors comment on its success.
Highest Administrative Court in France Ends Discrimination
Prisoners in France who request a visit by a minister of Jehovah’s Witnesses now enjoy the same religious freedoms granted to prisoners professing other faiths.
New Kazakh Bible Featured at Convention and Open House
Jehovah’s Witnesses released the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures in Kazakh at a convention held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Russian Federation Supreme Court Decision Sets Dangerous Precedent for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia
The Court’s ruling jeopardizes the freedom of some 180,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. Authorities may interpret it as a de facto ban on the Witnesses’ religious activity.
Russia’s Highest Court Bans Witnesses’ Legal Entity in Samara—What’s Next?
The Supreme Court’s decision jeopardizes the freedom of some 180,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. Authorities may use the ruling as a basis for religious persecution against the Witnesses.
One Year After Typhoon Haiyan, Storm Victims Settle Into New Homes
Jehovah’s Witnesses launched a massive rebuilding effort to construct almost 750 homes soon after Typhoon Haiyan.
Auschwitz Survivors Mark 70th Anniversary of Liberation, Jehovah’s Witnesses Among Those Remembered
On January 27, 2015, Auschwitz survivors, along with state delegations and thousands of guests, will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German concentration and death camp.