FREEDOM OF WORSHIP
(See also Bans; Supreme Court Decisions; lands by name)
discussion: g99 1/8 3-13; w97 2/1 3-4
endangerment: g99 1/8 3-5, 7-9
efforts to exclude “cults” or “sects”: g99 1/8 7-9; g98 11/22 10
rights violations: g98 11/22 9-10
history: g99 1/8 6-8
importance: g99 1/8 5
meaning of term: w97 2/1 3
Mongols (13th century): g 5/08 14
silence of UN and press: g86 1/8 29
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 18: g99 1/8 3
use of legal means to defend: w25.07 29-30; bt 131-132, 186; kr 132-134, 136-167; w98 12/1 18-22; si 94
Witness view: kr 157-158, 160-161, 164, 166-167
List by Place
Argentina:
right of Witness parent to educate children on religion (2016): yb17 30
Australia:
ban struck down (1943): kr 158
Austria:
European Court of Human Rights upholds legal recognition of Witnesses as religion (2008, 2009): yb10 16; yb09 26
Witnesses gain legal recognition as a religion (2009): yb10 16
Azerbaijan:
appeal to European Court of Human Rights: yb15 37; yb14 33; yb13 38; yb11 22-23; yb09 26-27
Witness sisters arrested for illegal religious activity (2015): yb17 31-32
Burundi:
broken promise: w89 8/15 21-24
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Zaire):
Supreme Court nullifies ban on Witnesses (1993): kr 143-145; yb04 236-237
Cyprus:
constitutional guarantees: yb95 110-111
Denmark:
parental religion irrelevant as to custody of children: kr 165-166
Ecuador:
Indigenous communities: hdu article 12
Eritrea:
Witnesses tried for holding 2014 Memorial (2016): yb17 32
Estonia:
end of Soviet era: yb11 225, 227, 230-233, 245
Europe:
minority religions restricted: g99 6/22 28; g99 12/22 29
parental religion irrelevant as to custody of children: kr 166
threat of antisect lists (1997): g98 7/8 28
France: g98 11/22 20
Edict of Nantes (1598): g98 11/22 19-22
issue of taxation of Witnesses (1998-2012): w25.07 26-27; kr 160; yb14 35; w13 8/15 30; yb13 34-35; w12 8/15 17; yb12 39-40; w11 8/15 20; yb10 24; yb09 27; yb08 16; yb07 24; yb06 15; yb01 22-23; yb00 24-26; g99 1/8 11; g98 11/22 20
Witnesses not classed as a religion (1998): g98 11/22 20
Georgia, Republic of:
attempt to revoke legal registration of Witnesses (2000): yb01 21
legal registration of Witnesses annulled (2001): yb02 14-15; g02 1/22 21-23
legal registration of Witnesses granted anew (2003): yb05 11-12
Greece (modern):
constitutional guarantees: g88 11/22 10; w86 12/1 7; g86 10/22 29
courts uphold Witnesses as known religion: kr 159-160; yb94 107; g88 11/22 10
law against proselytism: yb94 86, 110-113; g86 10/22 31
reevaluation (1998): g98 8/8 28
Witnesses granted use of Olympic Sportshall (2001): g02 2/22 10-11
Witnesses recognized as known religion (2001): yb02 4; g02 2/22 11
Hungary:
law of 1868: yb96 68
India:
national anthem: w87 11/1 21-23
Ireland:
constitutional guarantee: yb88 100
Kazakhstan:
Witness victories (2008): yb10 20
Kyrgyzstan:
Witnesses charged with fraud while preaching (2013-2016): yb17 33-34
Witnesses’ right to hold religious meetings upheld (2015-2016): yb17 34
Mexico: w98 12/1 21; yb95 171-172, 249-250; g94 7/22 12-14; g93 3/22 29
Indigenous communities: hdu article 12
Nicaragua: kr 142-143; yb03 75
Paraguay: yb98 216, 225-226, 243, 246
Poland: yb94 173-174
Portugal:
Witnesses affirmed as Long-Standing Religious Community (2009): yb11 25-26
Romania:
Witnesses’ legal recognition upheld (2001, 2003): yb04 19; yb02 16
Russia: yb17 35-36; kr 158-159; w11 7/15 4-9; yb01 22; yb94 176
Rwanda:
government order to eliminate religious discrimination in schools (2015): yb17 37
Singapore: g97 6/8 22
Soviet Union:
law permitting (1990): g91 1/8 11-12
steps toward: g89 3/8 30
Spain: g03 8/8 31; g93 1/8 32
Transylvania (1500’s): g02 6/22 11-14
Türkiye:
Supreme Court upholds freedom of belief for Jehovah’s Witnesses: kr 147
Turkmenistan:
Witness meetings in home judged “illegal” (2015): yb17 38
Ukraine:
Witnesses granted legal registration (1991): yb02 233-234
United States:
Bill of Rights: g91 12/8 20-23
Constitution: g87 10/22 24-27
parental religion irrelevant as to custody of children: kr 164-165