The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has directed the State of Eritrea to compensate three Jehovah’s ...

Human rights groups and religious freedom advocates are blasting a Russian court for sentencing a Danish Jehovah's Witness to six years in a penal colony, saying the charges of "religious extremism" ...

This month, Vladimir Putin secured 87% of the vote in Russia to extend his hold on power. And, another ten Russian Jehovah's Witnesses have been convicted and sentenced to prison. Jarrod Lopes, ...

Russia has sentenced two 74-year-old men to three years in prison this week for practicing their Jehovah's Witness religion, the church confirmed Thursday.

A Russian court sentenced three Jehovah’s Witnesses late last week to prison terms of six and one-half to seven and one-half years, on top of their pre-sentencing detention of 28 months each, the ...

Sept. 14 (UPI) --The worst mistake of Dennis Christensen's life was to place his trust in the Russian Constitution, for when he needed it most, he was jailed for five years because of his faith.

A court in Russia’s Far Eastern region of Primorye has sentenced a Jehovah's Witness to 6 years and 2 months in prison amid a continued crackdown on the religious group. The press service for the ...

A court in Russia’s southwestern city of Taganrog has sentenced a Jehovah's Witness to seven years in prison amid a crackdown on the religious group. The court sentenced Aleksandr Skvortsov on June 20 ...

MOSCOW, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Armenia is violating its citizens' right to "freedom of expression, conscience and liberty" by imprisoning male Jehovah's Witnesses for refusing military service, Amnesty ...

KAMPALA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Eritrea has released 28 members of the Jehovah's Witnesses group after they served prison terms of up to 26 years, the Christian denomination said in a statement seen by ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Westmoreland County man is facing multiple child sex abuse charges following a grand jury investigation into members of Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations in Pennsylvania, ...