Human Rights
Current News Releases |
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| 09.03.08 |
AZERBAIJAN: Peaceful worship threatened in Azerbaijan |
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| 08.18.08 |
ERITREA: Systematic arrests in Eritrea aggressively target minority faith |
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| 08.12.08 |
AUSTRIA: Changes to religion law in Austria can benefit other countries |
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| 07.31.08 |
AUSTRIA: ECHR rules Austria religion law violates human rights |
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| 07.28.08 |
RUSSIA: Arson destroys religious meeting hall in Russia (Russian) |
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| 07.16.08 |
RUSSIA: FSB officers raid Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia (Russian) |
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| 07.11.08 |
RUSSIA: Russian prosecutors attempt to use extremist law against Jehovah’s Witnesses |
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| 04.29.08 |
UZBEKISTAN: Four years in a labor colony for being a Christian |
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| 04.25.08 |
UZBEKISTAN: Uzbekistan prosecutes peaceful believers |
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| 03.11.08 |
UZBEKISTAN: Uzbekistan tolerates disturbing violations by police against citizens and minors |
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| 10.24.07 |
TAJIKISTAN: Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Tajikistan |
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| 10.04.07 |
SOUTH KOREA: Korea promises to adopt alternative service (Korean) |
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| 08.30.07 |
TURKMENISTAN: Turkmenistan imprisons another conscientious objector |
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| 08.22.07 |
UZBEKISTAN: Appeal court upholds conviction for teaching religion. |
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| 08.13.07 |
UZBEKISTAN: Another conviction for teaching religion in Uzbekistan |
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| 08.08.07 |
TURKEY: Turkey registers Jehovah’s Witnesses’ association (Turkish) |
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| 07.25.07 |
TURKMENISTAN: Frees prisoner of conscience |
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| 07.19.07 |
UZBEKISTAN: Father of two imprisoned for teaching religion |
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| 07.03.07 |
TURKMENISTAN: Resumes prosecution of conscientious objectors |
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| 05.03.07 |
GEORGIA: European Court rules against Georgia’s campaign of terror |
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| 04.11.07 |
ARMENIA: Resolution affirms that conscientious objectors should be pardoned in Armenia |
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| 04.11.07 |
ARMENIA: European Court to consider important case on conscientious objection in Armenia |
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| 03.15.07 |
TURKEY: Where will Turkey stand on freedom of religion? (Turkish, French, German) |
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| 02.28.07 |
AZERBAIJAN: Deportees face uphill climb to return |
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| 01.11.07 |
RUSSIA: Deaf Russians win historic victory for religious freedom in European Court (Russian) |
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| 12.29.06 |
AZERBAIJAN: Four foreign nationals still held in Azerbaijan, one “deported” |
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| 12.28.06 |
AZERBAIJAN: Police raid targets Jehovah’s Witnesses in Azerbaijan |
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| 11.14.06 |
ARMENIA: Armenia acquits 19 conscientious objectors, but issue remains unresolved |
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| 10.03.06 |
UZBEKISTAN: Jehovah’s Witnesses’ freedom of religion threatened in Uzbekistan |
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| 09.05.06 |
ROMANIA: ECHR settles 15 cases for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Romania |
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| 05.31.06 |
ARMENIA: Armenian conscientious objectors appeal to European Court |
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| 05.03.06 |
UZBEKISTAN: Attorney defending Jehovah's Witnesses is deported from Uzbekistan |
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| 04.30.06 |
ARMENIA: Armenians remain in prison even though convictions are overturned |
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| 04.17.06 |
RUSSIA: Moscow Police Break Up Religious Service of Jehovah's Witnesses |
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| 02.27.06 |
GERMANY: Germany Federal Administrative Court upholds Witnesses’ full exercise of faith |
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| 02.17.06 |
GERMANY: Federal Administrative Court grants long-awaited recognition to Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany |
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| 01.11.06 |
SOUTH KOREA: Korea's National Human Rights Commission recommends alternative civilian service |
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| 11.03.05 |
ARMENIA: Armenian conscientious objectors convicted under military law |
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| 11.02.05 |
ARMENIA: Armenian youths on trial over matters of conscience |
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| 09.29.05 |
ERITREA: Eleven years in Eritrea prison—no charges, no trial |
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| 09.05.05 |
AZERBAIJAN: Christians face beatings, arrests, raids in Azerbaijan |
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| 08.24.05 |
UZBEKISTAN: Legislation blocks registration—Uzbekistan suppresses worship and free speech |
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| 08.11.05 |
RWANDA: Rwandan Prisoners Released; Community Service Recognized |
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| 05.24.05 |
TURKMENISTAN: Turkmenistan Grants Amnesty to Four Conscientious Objectors |
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| 05.20.05 |
ARMENIA: Nagorno-Karabakh Puts Human Rights Issue in a Spotlight |
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| 05.09.05 |
ARMENIA: Armenian Youths Feel Deceived—Military Police Arrest Two |
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| 04.20.05 |
SOUTH KOREA: Korean conscientious objectors no threat to security |
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| 01.24.05 |
ERITREA: Six still detained one year after raid on private religious service in Eritrea |
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| 12.22.04 |
GEORGIA: Five-year ordeal ends for victim of mob attack (Georgian; Russian) |
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| 10.20.04 |
RUSSIA: Deaf Russians' case ruled admissible in European Court |
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| 10.12.04 |
ARMENIA: Armenia registers Jehovah's Witnesses (Armenian; Russian) |
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| 09.23.04 |
ERITREA: A decade in an Eritrean prison, without charges |
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| 09.23.04 |
RUSSIA: Deaf Russian citizens given a "voice" in the European Court |
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| 09.06.04 |
RUSSIA: Deaf Russian citizens take fight for religious freedom to the European Court |
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| 08.26.04 |
SOUTH KOREA: Korea's Constitutional Court recommends introduction of alternative civilian service (Korean) |
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| 08.25.04 |
SOUTH KOREA: Korea takes conscience to court (Korean) |
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| 08.23.04 |
RUSSIA: Over 300,000 Russians sign petition to President Putin protesting Moscow ban on Jehovah's Witnesses (Russian) |
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| 07.26.04 |
TURKMENISTAN: Conscientious objectors were tortured in Turkmen prisons; six finally released but fear plagues families of two others |
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| 07.21.04 |
SOUTH KOREA: South Korea Supreme Court leaves conscientious objection up to Constitutional Court |
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| 06.17.04 |
RUSSIA: Attack on freedom of worship in Moscow gets reaction (Russian) |
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| 06.16.04 |
RUSSIA: Russia Witnesses respond to Moscow ban (Russian) |
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| 06.16.04 |
RUSSIA: Moscow Appeal Court outlaws 11,000 Jehovah's Witnesses who brace for return to Soviet era (Russian) |
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| 06.08.04 |
BULGARIA: Bulgaria revitalizes commitment to human rights in friendly settlement |
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| 06.01.04 |
RUSSIA: Europe watches for Appeal Court's ruling on banning Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow |
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| 05.17.04 |
ERITREA: Eritrea holds 20 prisoners for three months in undisclosed location |
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| 05.07.04 |
TURKMENISTAN: Turkmen prisoner five years later |
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| 05.05.04 |
UZBEKISTAN: Uzbekistan court says sharing Bible texts with ailing woman is a crime |
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| 05.03.04 |
ARMENIA: Armenia stalls justice for conscientious objectors |
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| 03.26.04 |
RUSSIA: Moscow court rules against freedom of worship; Ban of Jehovah's Witnesses in city to be decided on appeal |
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| 03.25.04 |
RUSSIA: Decision expected in trial to ban Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow |
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| 03.07.04 |
RUSSIA: Banning Jehovah's Witnesses will only help their activity, says expert |
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| 02.25.04 |
RUSSIA: Ban on literature of Jehovah's Witnesses disturbing to Russian expert |
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| 02.16.04 |
RUSSIA: Trial to ban Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow resumes Tuesday |
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| 02.10.04 |
ERITREA: Private religious service raided in Eritrea: 38 arrested |
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| 12.01.03 |
TURKMENISTAN: Turkmenistan lawyer and mother freed |
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| 11.21.03 |
UZBEKISTAN: Uzbekistan court upholds freedom of religion |
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| 10.14.03 |
ERITREA: Nine long years in Eritrean prison camp |
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| 09.08.03 |
RUSSIA: Annual conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses disrupted and canceled in Russia |
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| 06.02.03 |
GEORGIA: Police actions against Jehovah's Witnesses in Georgia continue |
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| 05.28.03 |
ROMANIA: Romania reaffirms freedom for a religious minority |
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| 05.23.03 |
RUSSIA: Moscow Court orders fourth "expert study" |
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| 05.14.03 |
RUSSIA: Moscow court refuses Council of Europe's criticism of trial |
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| 05.12.03 |
RUSSIA: Trial to ban Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow resumes—no end in sight |
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| 05.09.03 |
UZBEKISTAN: Police beat mother of four in Uzbekistan |
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| 04.30.03 |
TAJIKISTAN: Court prohibits Jehovah's Witnesses to meet in Tajikistan |
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| 04.29.03 |
GEORGIA: Extremists attack victims and attorneys in Georgia court |
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| 04.24.03 |
GEORGIA: Lawsuit filed against Georgian officials because religious literature is detained |
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