Accurate, up-to-date information on the beliefs and activities of Jehovah's Witnesses around the world. http://www.jw-media.org Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:52:12 GMT Copyright © 2010 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. All rights reserved. 180 Religious minorities imprisoned in Eritrea include 52 Christians who are Jehovah’s Witnesses–men in their 70s, women in their 50s and children as young as 3 and 4. http://jw-media.org/eri/20100729rpt.htm http://jw-media.org/eri/20100729rpt.htm Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:52:12 GMT Familiar “bomb scare” tactic forces attendees to return home. “We’ve been waiting for this all year… and now there are garbage trucks blocking the entrance!”—Yuriy Savitskiy, 44. http://jw-media.org/rus/20100823.htm http://jw-media.org/rus/20100823.htm Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:57:18 GMT “We view this situation as an opportunity to practice what the Bible teaches, by helping one another and helping our neighbors in need.” http://jw-media.org/rus/20100823a.htm http://jw-media.org/rus/20100823a.htm Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:57:18 GMT Pyotr Babilyulka was imprisoned from 1956 to 1962 for his refusal to take up arms. Now the 73-year-old great-grandfather is again facing court charges and possible imprisonment, this time under investigation for “extremism.” http://jw-media.org/rus/20100823b.htm http://jw-media.org/rus/20100823b.htm Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:57:18 GMT Currently, there are 72 Jehovah’s Witnesses who have been charged under the Criminal Code for their conscientious refusal of military service on religious grounds. Of these, 71 have been tried, convicted, and imprisoned; no one is being held in pretrial detention; and one received a suspended sentence. http://jw-media.org/arm/20100801rpt.htm http://jw-media.org/arm/20100801rpt.htm Thu, 13 Aug 2010 14:33:47 GMT Aleksey Fedorin was charged and tried for “mass distribution of extremist materials,” despite his being 85 years old and legally classified as disabled. http://jw-media.org/rus/20100806.htm http://jw-media.org/rus/20100806.htm Fri, 6 Aug 2010 15:48:33 GMT Having exhausted all domestic options within Russia and seeing that the existing legislation has only opened the way to increased intolerance, discrimination, and acts of violence, Jehovah’s Witnesses are forced to pursue justice elsewhere. http://jw-media.org/rus/20100805.htm http://jw-media.org/rus/20100805.htm Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:12:05 GMT More than 3,000 deaf people from all corners of the country attended a special meeting and learned that for the first time a complete translation of the Bible will be available in Russian Sign Language. http://jw-media.org/rus/20100802.htm http://jw-media.org/rus/20100802.htm Tue, 3 Aug 2010 12:28:25 GMT Although ready and willing to perform alternative civilian service that is not under military control, 22-year-old Farid Mammadov was convicted of evasion of military service. http://jw-media.org/aze/20100802.htm http://jw-media.org/aze/20100802.htm Tue, 3 Aug 2010 12:28:25 GMT