Public access to religious Web site blocked in eastern Russia
For Immediate Release
September 3, 2010
KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR, Russia—One of the largest Internet service providers in eastern Russia, Technodesign, was compelled by court [...]
Supreme Court of Russia to hear appeal in case regarding banning of literature of Jehovah’s Witnesses
For Immediate Release
September 2, 2010
MOSCOW—On September 7, 2010, the Russian Federation Supreme Court will hear the interlocutory appeal filed by [...]
RUSSIA: First criminal charges against Jehovah’s Witnesses, Nursi reader sentenced
By Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service , and Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service
Ilham Islamli has become the [...]
Police block entrance to religious convention site in Russia
For Immediate Release
August 23, 2010
Familiar “bomb scare” tactic forces attendees to return home
STAVROPOL, Russia—“We’ve been waiting for this all year. [...]
Criminal case against 73-year-old worshipper in Russia
For Immediate Release
August 23, 2010
TULA, Russia—Pyotr Babilyulka, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, was imprisoned from 1956 to 1962 for his refusal [...]
Heat wave and fires in Russia bring prompt response from Witnesses
For Immediate Release
August 23, 2010
MOSCOW—“Russia has not seen a heat wave like this in recorded history. The resulting forest fires [...]
Clare Baker, 87: Doctor helped develop ‘bloodless’ open heart surgery
San Grewal
Dr. Clare Baker certainly lived up to the name of the town where he was raised: Biggar, Sask. [...]
Girl rejects scholarship
BLANTYRE (Malawi) – A MALAWIAN girl has declined a scholarship to study medicine at a Chinese university over concerns that [...]
Botswana: Witnesses dedicate kingdom hall in Tlokweng
Hundreds of people attended the dedication of the kingdom hall of the The Gaborone Village congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in [...]
Less blood is really more, transfusion critics say
Cutting back on blood use could halt infections, illness — and even death
By JoNel Aleccia
SEATTLE — As a doctor and [...]
