Editor’s Note: The Jehovah’s Witnesses had their world headquarters for almost half a century in Brooklyn Heights. A gunman attacked a service held by his former congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses at ...

ORYOL, Russia (Reuters) - The first Jehovah's Witness detained for extremism in Russia has likened the authorities' behaviour to that of Josef Stalin's Soviet Union ahead of a verdict in his trial.

(RNS) — Nine Jehovah’s Witnesses were convicted of extremism by a Russian court on Tuesday (March 5), receiving sentences of up to seven years in a penal colony for practicing their faith. Of those ...

(RNS) — Thirty years after Eritrea revoked the citizenship of Jehovah’s Witnesses, international human rights experts are condemning the nation’s persecution of the religious group and advocating for ...

The state law, in Washington, applies to all religions but has outraged Catholics in particular. The Justice Department is investigating. By Ruth Graham The attacker received a warning but was allowed ...

They might be in the spotlight now, but many celebs like Donald Glover and Michelle Rodriguez grew up in a Jehovah's Witness household. Religion serves as a foundation for the lives of many families, ...