Jehovah's Witnesses Official Media Web Site Accurate, up-to-date information on the beliefs and activities of Jehovah's Witnesses around the world. http://www.jw-media.org Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:47:22 GMT Copyright © 2010 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. All rights reserved. 180 Azerbaijan treats distribution of religious literature as a crime Two of Jehovah’s Witnesses were sharing comforting thoughts from the Holy Scriptures with their neighbors in Baku when they were arrested, and later in court each one was fined more than two thirds of a month’s wages. http://www.jw-media.org/aze/20100310.htm http://www.jw-media.org/aze/20100310.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:47:22 GMT Confiscation of religious property in Russia begins On March 1, 2010, law enforcement officers closed down and sealed the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the city of Taganrog, Rostov Region. http://www.jw-media.org/rus/20100309.htm http://www.jw-media.org/rus/20100309.htm Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:40:18 GMT Conscientious Objectors in Armenia Currently, there are 71 Jehovah’s Witnesses who are in prison for their conscientious refusal of military service on religious grounds. http://www.jw-media.org/arm/20100301rpt.htm http://www.jw-media.org/arm/20100301rpt.htm Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:39:42 GMT Serbia registers Jehovah’s Witnesses The Serbian Ministry of Religious Affairs has registered “Jehovah's Witnesses Christian Religious Community.” This development means that the Witnesses are now legally recognized as a church or religious community in all the countries that surround Serbia and in all the European Union member countries. http://www.jw-media.org/srb/20100301.htm http://www.jw-media.org/srb/20100301.htm Thu, 01 Mar 2010 14:05:47 GMT Jehovah’s Witnesses address their fellow citizens On February 26-28, 2010, throughout Russia, from the Chukchi Peninsula in the east to Kaliningrad in the west, a special campaign is taking place. For these three days, tens of thousands of Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses are offering their fellow citizens a tract entitled Could It Happen Again? A Question for the Citizens of Russia. Twelve million tracts will be distributed. http://www.jw-media.org/rus/20100226.htm http://www.jw-media.org/rus/20100226.htm Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:01:56 GMT Young Belarusian must pay for his faith A court in Belarus fines citizen for exercising his legal right to alternative service. http://www.jw-media.org/blr/20100222.htm http://www.jw-media.org/blr/20100222.htm Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:34:22 GMT Amnesty for convicted Bible teacher In Uzbekistan, Lyudmila Nikolskaya, a 55-year-old mother and pensioner, was granted amnesty. http://www.jw-media.org/uzb/20100222.htm http://www.jw-media.org/uzb/20100222.htm Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:34:22 GMT