Baptists arrested in Russia complain to ECHR
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Baptists arrested in Russia complain to ECHR

Human Rights Without Frontiers reports that Donald Jay Ossewaarde, an American national who has lived in Oryol, Russia, since 2005, filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights March 30, 2017, based on his arrest and conviction of violating Article 5.26(5) of the Code of Administrative Offences. On Sunday, 14 August 2016, while…

Russia: Image of Putin in make-up, Falun Gong treatise, political video all classed as “extremist”, subject of prosecutions
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Russia: Image of Putin in make-up, Falun Gong treatise, political video all classed as “extremist”, subject of prosecutions

Further use of ‘anti-extremist’ laws being used to stifle dissent and new religions is reported by the SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis. In a summary introduced: “The following is our review of the primary and most representative events in the misuse of Russia’s anti-extremist legislation in June 2017”, a long list of egregious misuses…

Jalsa Salana shared
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Jalsa Salana shared

Four All Faiths Network members attended Jalsa Salana (Annual Convention) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the UK meeting members from other faiths, parliamentarians, civic leaders and diplomats from different countries, some of whom also addressed the gathering and underlined the convention’s objective of enhancing unity, understanding and mutual respect. His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor…

Jehovah’s Witnesses property confiscated, members under threat of imprisonment by Russian state
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Jehovah’s Witnesses property confiscated, members under threat of imprisonment by Russian state

The following article is quoted from Russia Religion News (original here). It summarises the highly disquieting actions now being taken to persecute the religion in Russia. “DO NOT DIG A PIT FOR ANOTHER. . .” [“. . . lest you fall into it”] Ban of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia has become symbol of senseless discrimination…

Russian Supreme Court orders disbanding of Jehova’s Witnesses
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Russian Supreme Court orders disbanding of Jehova’s Witnesses

Reported by the BBC and others, Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the disbanding of the Jehovah’s Witnesses on Russian territory. The ban came into effect after the court rejected an appeal by the religious group against a ruling in April which declared it to be extremist. The justice ministry had argued that the group distributed…

A request for signatures : religious discrimination in Russia
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A request for signatures : religious discrimination in Russia

Please would you consider adding you signature to the attached letter. The All Faiths Network has been asked to circulate the letter by the Interfaith Round Table Washington – a collection of many religions in the USA as you will see from some of the existing signatories. It concerns religious discrimination in Russia and I…