Moscow court dismisses lawsuit filed by Jehovah’s Witnesses over suspension of activities
The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Jehovah's Witnesses against Russian Justice Ministry over suspension of the organization’s activities in Russia.
Supreme Court orders liquidation of Jehovah's Witnesses organization in Russia
Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday banned the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses as extremist organization.
Russian Supreme Court refuses to declare Jehovah's Witnesses victims of repressions
The Supreme Court of Russia has dismissed a counter lawsuit filed by the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organization against the Justice Ministry seeking to declare its actions unlawful and to recognize organization’s members as victims of political repressions.
Russian Supreme Court asked to find Jehovah’s Witness managing organization extremist
Russia’s Justice Ministry has asked the Supreme Court to find the Administrative Centre of Jehovah's Witnesses an extremist organization.
Chair of Jehovah’s Witnesses branch fined for distributing extremist literature
Chairman of the Jehovah’s Witnesses branch in the town of Dzerzhinsk has been fined 4,000 rubles ($67) for keeping and distributing extremist literature banned in Russia.
Russian Supreme Court upholds ban on another Jehovah’s Witnesses branch
The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld a lower court’s decision to ban The Jehovah’s Witnesses branch in the city Oryol as extremist organization.
Russian Supreme Court to announce ruling on appeal filed by Jehovah Witnesses’ branch
Russia’s Supreme Court will announce its ruling on the appeal filed over the liquidation of local Jehovah’s Witnesses organization in Oryol on October 18.
Russian court bans Jehovah’s Witnesses branch in Jewish Autonomous Region
A court in the Jewish Autonomous Region has ruled to ban a branch of “The Jehovah’s Witnesses” in Birobidzhan because of distributing extremist literature by the organization.
Jehovah’s Witnesses booklets declared “extremist” in Russian Ural
The Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Russian Ural has declared booklets of the Jehovah’s Witnesses extremist.
Russian Supreme Court bans Jehovah’s Witnesses branch in Stary Oskol
The Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday declared “The Jehovah’s Witnesses of Stary Oskol” in Belgorod Region an extremist organization and ruled to liquidate it.
Russian Supreme Court bans Jehovah’s Witnesses branch
Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday banned the Jehovah’s Witnesses of Belgorod as extremist organization.
Russian Supreme Court refuses to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses branch
Russia’s Supreme Court on Friday declined to ban the Jehovah’s Witnesses of Tyumen as extremist organization.
Jehovah’s Witnesses literature declared extremist
A court has ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed by the prosecutor’s office of Kurgan in the Urals to declare the Jehovah’s Witnesses book Keep Yourselves in God’s Love and the booklet Resist the Spirit of a Changing World extremist.
Jehovah’s Witnesses website, books declared “extremist” in Russia
Russia’s Supreme Court has declared the website and three books of the Jehovah’s Witnesses extremist. The books talk about how to have a happy life, what you can hope for, how to develop good relations with God and what you should know about God and its meaning.
ECHR judgment in Jehova’s Witnesses case against Russia becomes final
On Tuesday, The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has confirmed that the Russian authorities violated the rights of a group of Moscow Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2006, according to the court’s records.
Jehovah’s Witnesses arrested in eastern Uzbekistan
The Namangan police in eastern Uzbekistan have arrested members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religion for trying to convert local Muslims and for holding secret prayer meetings, a local police officer told RIA Novosti on Friday.
ECHR finds rights of Jehovah's Witnesses violated in Russia
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that Russia violated the rights of members of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow during armed police raid in 2006.