jehovahs-witnesses
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GwenJehovah’s Witnesses Congregation on Kenai Peninsula Faces Reckoning After Decades of Alleged Child Sexual Abuse by Former Leader
For years, rumors about Scott Merritt and the underage girls in a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall on the Kenai Peninsula lingered, unaddressed by the congregation. As far back...
South Korean Court Rejects Jehovah’s Witness Request to Allow Commuting During Alternative Service
A South Korean court has ruled against a Jehovah’s Witnesses member’s request to commute during alternative military service, maintaining that the residential requirement must be upheld. The Seoul...
Jehovah’s Witnesses purchase 69-acre property near Warwick headquarters for global infrastructure use
Jehovah’s Witnesses have acquired a 69-acre property across the lake from their world headquarters in Warwick, New York. The purchase, announced last month, was made from Kyndryl, the...
Pavel Kazadaev Released After 3-Year Imprisonment for Discussing Bible with Friends
Pavel Kazadaev, a 29-year-old Jehovah’s Witnesses congregational member, was released from a penal colony in Rubtsovsk, Altai Territory, on August 14, 2026. He had spent three years in...
Jehovah’s Witnesses Resisted Nazis Through Refusal of Military Service and Nonviolent Resistance
Bernhard Mischke, one of the last soldiers to be executed in the Anklamer Wehrmacht prison, refused military service due to his membership in Jehovah’s Witnesses. Born in West...
Five Jehovah’s Witnesses Released from Russian Prison in 2026
In September 2026, five individuals affiliated with Jehovah’s Witnesses were released from prison in Russia. Their sentences, which included periods of house arrest and detention, were considered to...
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Shuya, Russia, face fines and surveillance amid legal proceedings
On 29 January 2024, the Shuya Municipal Court in Ivanovo County convicted several members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, including brothers Alexei Arappov and Dimitri Mikhailov, along with their spouses...
Proselytizing from house to house is a fundamental religious practice for Jehovah’s Witnesses, according to a European Court of Human Rights ruling supporting their religious freedom.
The European Court of Human Rights delivered two landmark rulings in June 2026, supporting Jehovah’s Witnesses in Bulgaria and Italy. These decisions, issued on 9 and 11 June,...
A memorial in Berlin honors Jehovah’s Witnesses for their courage under Nazi rule
On June 24, 2020, officials in Berlin, Germany’s capital, inaugurated a memorial that honors Jehovah’s Witnesses for their courage under Nazi rule. That same day, 39 years ago,...
Russian Courts Confiscate 123 Houses Registered to Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Swedish Branch, All Returned to Country
Russian courts have confiscated 123 houses previously registered under the name of the “Jehovah’s Witnesses” Swedish branch, according to a statement from the Moscow Court Service. The properties...
