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"They imprison less, but more severely." Repressions against Jehovah's Witnesses: 2024 Overview

Courts continue to send Jehovah's Witnesses to prison, and the sentence of three of them has set a new record for severity. There have been cases of violence and torture, the proportion of the elderly among the "prisoners of conscience" has increased, there are people with severe disabilities, one of whom died shortly after the verdict; the trend of prosecuting entire families continues. Read about these and other findings for 2024 in this article.

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"They imprison less, but more severely." Repressions against Jehovah's Witnesses: 2024 Overview

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Arrested, Convicted, Served Time, Deported. What Is Occurring With Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia Based on Konstantin Bazhenov's Experience

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The Brutal Attack by the Law Enforcers Did Not Break the Believers in Irkutsk

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"After a Heart Attack, I Was Put Into a Cage in Handcuffs." The Story of the Persecution for Faith of Olga Opaleva and Her Son in Primorye

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What Happened in Abakan? Details Around the Sentence that Sent a 70-Year-Old Woman and Her Son to Prison for Believing in Jehovah

9:26

70 years of Operation North - eyewitnesses and experts discuss the mass deportation of Jehovah's Witnesses in the USSR

4:18

Why are peace-loving individuals being framed as criminals? An engineer is being tried for his faith in the city of Krasnoyarsk

3:18

Kolyma 2.0. The Land of Trampled Freedom Once Again Becomes a Hotbed of Repression

4:47

The beating in the Orenburg colony did not break the believers and their families in Saratov

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"I managed to tell my dad in his ear that I was proud of his resilience." The life of believers in Kaluga was divided into before and after

11:20

The Christensen case. A faith that is higher than prison walls

10:01

Ruthless Searches and Arrests of Believers in Kirov

10:33

Dzhankoy after the raid: how persecution cripples the lives of believers

2:51

Crimea: the rehabilitated is again subjected to repression (video)

7:48

How were believers in Russia turned into "extremists"?

6:54

Arrests of believers all over Russia

3:31

Results of the real estate court in Solnechnoye

2:02

Summary: What do they want to take away from Jehovah's Witnesses in Solnechnoye?

6:10

Seizure of foreign property by Russian authorities

1:22

A liturgical building that served for thousands of St. Petersburg believers was seized and sealed

1:45

Alexander Verkhovsky: "It would be better for the state not to embark on this slippery slope"

1:00

Evgenia Smagina: "Several alternative translations are an absolute blessing"

3:35

Nikolay Shaburov: "This is a translation of the Bible. Attempts to assert otherwise are simply ignorant."

1:47

Ekaterina Elbakyan: "By recognizing the translation as extremist, we recognize the text itself as extremist"

1:05

Andriy Desnitsky: "This is a matter for professionals and readers, not for the prosecutor's office and the court"

1:21

In the Stavropol region, a police raid on citizens during a picnic

9:12

Video: A wave of sectarian violence has swept the country

3:17

Video: Review of the trial to liquidate Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia

4:37

Jean-Marie Delarue: "In practice, this means that the fight is not against extremism, but against religion itself"

5:17

Mercedes Murillo Muñoz: "Our state has a lot of confidence in this religious group"

2:34

Consuelo Madrigal: "I don't consider Jehovah's Witnesses dangerous in any way"

1:21

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Reporting: Supreme Court hearings case banning religion of Jehovah's Witnesses

2:55

Richard Clayton: "A shocking example of how a bad law is being used for an even worse purpose"

3:39

Massimo Introvigne: "The only connection between Jehovah's Witnesses and violence is that they are victims of violence"

2:58

Heiner Bielefeldt: "If Jehovah's Witnesses are extremists, then we are all extremists"

3:20

Maksym Shevchenko: "This lawsuit violates the fundamental principles of freedom of conscience"

1:58

Annika Vitamar: "If Jehovah's Witnesses are extremists, then most versions of Christianity can be called the same"

4:07

Hubert Seiwert: "Prejudice against Jehovah's Witnesses is unfounded"

5:00

Vladimir Ryakhovsky: "It always started with Jehovah's Witnesses and then affected everyone"

2:34

Anatoly Pchelintsev: "Let's raise our voice in defense of Jehovah's Witnesses!"

2:12

Lyudmila Alekseeva: "Not just a mistake, but, I think, a crime"

3:10

Vasily Kalin's Urgent Video Message in Connection with the Lawsuit to Ban Jehovah's Witnesses

5:56

Video: An expert on extremism talks about his methods of work

3:49

The Ministry of Justice is launching a large-scale unscheduled inspection of the Jehovah's Witnesses Center. What does it mean?

4:35

Surveillance Cameras: Security Officers Plant Banned Books on Believers

3:19

A lawsuit to recognize the Bible as extremist. What do human rights activists say?

5:50

How law enforcers fabricate charges against Jehovah's Witnesses. Video footage from Sevastopol, Samara and Balakovo

4:39

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Event Overview

2:13

"They imprison less, but more severely." Repressions against Jehovah's Witnesses: 2024 Overview

1:56

Jehovah’s Witnesses Under the Yoke of Repression — 2023 Overview

7:48

How were believers in Russia turned into "extremists"?

6:54

Arrests of believers all over Russia

3:31

Results of the real estate court in Solnechnoye

2:02

Summary: What do they want to take away from Jehovah's Witnesses in Solnechnoye?

6:10

Seizure of foreign property by Russian authorities

3:17

Video: Review of the trial to liquidate Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia

3:49

The Ministry of Justice is launching a large-scale unscheduled inspection of the Jehovah's Witnesses Center. What does it mean?

Eyewitnesses say

4:01

In the Penal Colony, The Health of Andrey Vlasov From Prokopyevsk, Who is Disabled, is Deteriorating

4:08

Arrested, Convicted, Served Time, Deported. What Is Occurring With Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia Based on Konstantin Bazhenov's Experience

4:00

The Brutal Attack by the Law Enforcers Did Not Break the Believers in Irkutsk

3:52

"After a Heart Attack, I Was Put Into a Cage in Handcuffs." The Story of the Persecution for Faith of Olga Opaleva and Her Son in Primorye

4:14

What Happened in Abakan? Details Around the Sentence that Sent a 70-Year-Old Woman and Her Son to Prison for Believing in Jehovah

9:26

70 years of Operation North - eyewitnesses and experts discuss the mass deportation of Jehovah's Witnesses in the USSR

4:18

Why are peace-loving individuals being framed as criminals? An engineer is being tried for his faith in the city of Krasnoyarsk

3:18

Kolyma 2.0. The Land of Trampled Freedom Once Again Becomes a Hotbed of Repression

4:47

The beating in the Orenburg colony did not break the believers and their families in Saratov

4:59

"I managed to tell my dad in his ear that I was proud of his resilience." The life of believers in Kaluga was divided into before and after

11:20

The Christensen case. A faith that is higher than prison walls

10:01

Ruthless Searches and Arrests of Believers in Kirov

10:33

Dzhankoy after the raid: how persecution cripples the lives of believers

2:51

Crimea: the rehabilitated is again subjected to repression (video)

From the scene

1:22

A liturgical building that served for thousands of St. Petersburg believers was seized and sealed

1:21

In the Stavropol region, a police raid on citizens during a picnic

9:12

Video: A wave of sectarian violence has swept the country

1:21

Video: Jehovah's Witnesses in the Supreme Court. The first days of meetings

4:39

Reporting: Supreme Court hearings case banning religion of Jehovah's Witnesses

3:10

Vasily Kalin's Urgent Video Message in Connection with the Lawsuit to Ban Jehovah's Witnesses

4:35

Surveillance Cameras: Security Officers Plant Banned Books on Believers

5:50

How law enforcers fabricate charges against Jehovah's Witnesses. Video footage from Sevastopol, Samara and Balakovo

Second Opinion

1:45

Alexander Verkhovsky: "It would be better for the state not to embark on this slippery slope"

1:00

Evgenia Smagina: "Several alternative translations are an absolute blessing"

3:35

Nikolay Shaburov: "This is a translation of the Bible. Attempts to assert otherwise are simply ignorant."

1:47

Ekaterina Elbakyan: "By recognizing the translation as extremist, we recognize the text itself as extremist"

1:05

Andriy Desnitsky: "This is a matter for professionals and readers, not for the prosecutor's office and the court"

4:37

Jean-Marie Delarue: "In practice, this means that the fight is not against extremism, but against religion itself"

5:17

Mercedes Murillo Muñoz: "Our state has a lot of confidence in this religious group"

2:34

Consuelo Madrigal: "I don't consider Jehovah's Witnesses dangerous in any way"

2:55

Richard Clayton: "A shocking example of how a bad law is being used for an even worse purpose"

3:39

Massimo Introvigne: "The only connection between Jehovah's Witnesses and violence is that they are victims of violence"

2:58

Heiner Bielefeldt: "If Jehovah's Witnesses are extremists, then we are all extremists"

3:20

Maksym Shevchenko: "This lawsuit violates the fundamental principles of freedom of conscience"

1:58

Annika Vitamar: "If Jehovah's Witnesses are extremists, then most versions of Christianity can be called the same"

4:07

Hubert Seiwert: "Prejudice against Jehovah's Witnesses is unfounded"

5:00

Vladimir Ryakhovsky: "It always started with Jehovah's Witnesses and then affected everyone"

2:34

Anatoly Pchelintsev: "Let's raise our voice in defense of Jehovah's Witnesses!"

2:12

Lyudmila Alekseeva: "Not just a mistake, but, I think, a crime"

5:56

Video: An expert on extremism talks about his methods of work

3:19

A lawsuit to recognize the Bible as extremist. What do human rights activists say?

4:39

Doctor of Medical Sciences on the benefits of surgery without blood transfusion

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