Russia

Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia   A TRIAL, which could see Jehovah’s Witnesses banned from worshipping in Moscow was suspended on March 12th 1999 to allow a panel of experts to review the doctrines of the religious group. After five weeks of intense questioning of both defence and prosecution witnesses, Judge Yelena Prokhorycheva suspended the court

Russia Piles Pressure on Jehovah’s Witnesses Hundreds of Jehovah’s Witnesses lose places of worship as Moscow trial continues.   While no verdict has been reached in the case, which is an attempt to ban the work and worship of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow, the group’s members are already suffering the effects of an atmosphere of

JEHOVAH’S Witnesses who are fighting to preserve their right to worship in Moscow have hit out at the Judge’s decision to suspend a court case which will decide their future. The trial of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Moscow, which began as a criminal probe three years ago, has reached a new stage. We are now in