Russia: Human Rights |
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| 01.11.07 | Deaf Russians win historic victory for religious freedom in European Court (Russian) |
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| 04.17.06 | Moscow Police Break Up Religious Service of Jehovah's Witnesses |
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| 06.06.05 | Effects of Moscow Ban on Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia (PDF) |
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| 01.31.05 | Jehovah's Witnesses—Russia (January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2004) |
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| 09.23.04 | Deaf Russian citizens given a "voice" in the European Court |
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| 09.09.04 | Summary of the Oral Hearing in European Court |
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| 09.06.04 | Deaf Russian citizens take fight for religious freedom to the European Court |
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| 09.06.04 | Jehovah's Witnesses' European Court Case (PDF format) |
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| 08.23.04 | Over 300,000 Russians sign petition to President Putin protesting Moscow ban on Jehovah's Witnesses (Russian) |
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| 06.17.04 | Attack on freedom of worship in Moscow gets reaction (Russian) |
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| 06.16.04 | Russia Witnesses Respond to Moscow ban (Russian) |
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| 06.16.04 | Moscow Appeal Court outlaws 11,000 Jehovah's Witnesses who brace for return to Soviet era (Russian) |
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| 06.01.04 | Europe watches for Appeal Court's ruling on banning Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow |
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| 03.26.04 | 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 | Decision expected in trial to ban Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow |
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| 03.07.04 | Banning Jehovah's Witnesses will only help their activity, says expert |
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| 02.25.04 | Ban on literature of Jehovah's Witnesses disturbing to Russian expert |
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| 02.16.04 | Trial to ban Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow resumes Tuesday |
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| 05.23.03 | Moscow Court orders fourth "expert study" |
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| 05.14.03 | Moscow court refuses Council of Europe's criticism of trial |
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| 05.12.03 | Trial to ban Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow resumes—no end in sight |
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| 02.13.03 | Moscow freedom of conscience trial adjourned until March |
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| 02.10.03 | After ten-month delay, trial against Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow to resume (Russian) |
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| 04.05.02 | "Trial of faith" adjourned; no date set for resumption (Russian) |
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| 03.11.02 | Russian court says Jehovah's Witness student may refuse compulsory military training (Russian) |
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| 02.22.02 | Christians in Moscow caught in Catch-22 |
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| 02.19.02 | Outrage over prosecutor's conduct |
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| 02.14.02 | Moscow trial turns into theological debate |
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| 02.13.02 | Prosecution offers no new evidence in Russia's human rights test case (Russian) |
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| 02.12.02 | Chronology of efforts by the Moscow Community of Jehovah's Witnesses to secure reregistration under the 1997 Law on Religious Associations |
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| 02.12.02 | Trial to ban Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow resumes again |
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| 02.11.02 | Freedom of religion hinges on Moscow court case (Russian) |
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| 11.30.01 | 9,386 Muscovites sign a petition rejecting prosecutor's claims |
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| 11.09.01 | Moscow court to examine religious literature (Russian) |
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| 11.06.01 | Doctrinal dispute resurfaces in Moscow prosecution (Russian) |
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| 10.30.01 | Representative of Orthodox Church to testify against Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow trial (Russian) |
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| 09.29.01 | Date set for Moscow retrial aimed at banning Jehovah's Witnesses |
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| 06.27.01 | Supreme Court reverses order to liquidate Jehovah's Witnesses in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia (Russian) |
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| 05.31.01 | Moscow judges order retrial (Russian) |
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| 05.17.01 | Court Bans Jehovah's Witnesses in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia |
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| 04.25.01 | Russian court orders registration of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kabardino-Balkaria |
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| 03.30.01 | Court acknowledges believers' right to use their building (Russian) |
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| 02.23.01 | Moscow court signals victory for religious freedom (Russian) |
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| 02.22.01 | Moscow trial—decision expected Friday (Russian) |
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| 02.15.01 | Moscow trial edging closer to a decision (Russian) |
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| 02.13.01 | Bible attacked in Moscow trial (Russian) |
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| 02.12.01 | Moscow court expert demands censorship (Russian) |
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| 02.09.01 | Religious experts set to testify at Moscow trial (Russian) |
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| 02.07.01 | 'Ban Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia' - Declares Prosecutor (Russian) |
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| 02.07.01 | Key testimony rejected as Moscow banning trial resumes (Russian) |
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| 02.06.01 | Moscow Prosecutor Seeks a Ban on Religious Freedom (Russian) |
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| 01.31.01 | Moscow-Helsinki Group sponsors Round Table dealing with the problems of Freedom of Conscience in Russia |
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| 12.11.00 | Tatarstan Supreme Court orders local justice ministry to register Jehovah's Witnesses (Russian) |
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| 10.12.00 | Russian Supreme Court supports the civil right to hold religious services without obstruction (Russian) |
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| 07.06.00 | Local authorities in Northern Ossetia restrict freedom of worship (Russian) |
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| 07.05.00 | Russian court overturns expulsion of Jehovah's Witness from school for refusal of military training (Russian) |
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| 06.28.00 | Russian Court in Kaliningrad recognises the right of Jehovah's Witnesses to choose alternative civil service |
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| 04.29.00 | The decision of the Lipetsk Regional Court defends the right to freedom of worship (Russian) |
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| 03.10.00 | Delayed justice: Suspension of first trial testing Russia's religion law reaches one-year anniversary |
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| 11.23.99 | Decree of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation |
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| 11.23.99 | Jehovah's Witnesses win Russian constitutional case, but Court upholds 15-year rule in 1997 religion law (Russian) |
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| 11.22.99 | Decision on constitutional test of Russia's religion law due out Tuesday |
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| 08.16.99 | Russian Supreme Court breaks new ground in religious freedom case involving child custody |
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| 06.28.99 | Appeal dismissed in Moscow religious freedom case |
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| 06.24.99 | Higher court to hear appeal in Moscow religious freedom case Monday (Russian) |
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| 05.06.99 | Russian federal government acts for religious freedom; Jehovah's Witnesses are reregistered as religion (Russian) |
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| 03.12.99 | Moscow trial against Jehovah's Witnesses suspended; delay of justice comes day after EP resolution |
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| 03.12.99 | Hundreds of Jehovah's Witnesses lose places of worship as Moscow trial continues |
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| 03.04.99 | Key witnesses to testify Friday at Moscow human rights trial; press conference scheduled |
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| 03.01.99 | Moscow Justice Department backs away from previous support of religious freedom |
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| 02.24.99 | Moscow Department of Justice to be pulled into trial; new study on Jehovah's Witnesses to be released today |
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| 02.18.99 | Prosecutor is a "no show" at Moscow human rights trial |
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| 02.16.99 | Orthodox clergy show up in force at Moscow trial; defense rebuts false charges |
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| 02.12.99 | Prosecutor calls a 'sick day' in Moscow human rights trial |
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| 02.11.99 | Judge fires back at prosecution in Moscow human rights trial (Russian) |
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| 02.10.99 | Prosecution in Russia court case insists on discussing religious doctrine |
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| 02.09.99 | International attention focused on human rights trial |
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| 02.05.99 | Trial testing Russia's religion law resumes Tuesday |
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| 11.18.98 | Trial to ban Jehovah's Witnesses adjourned again; prosecution not prepared with evidence |
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| 11.12.98 | Trial testing Russia's new religion opened today (Russian) |
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| 09.30.98 | Court case involving freedom of religion adjourned until November |
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| 09.25.98 | International outcry grows against new religious persecution in Russia |
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| 09.21.98 | News conference to highlight revival of religious persecution in Russia |
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