Ukraine starts imprisoning Jehovah's Witnesses?

[Osprey]

https://forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2964

 

New detailed report about recent developments regarding our brothers (and some others) in Ukraine.

[trottigy]

6 hours ago, Osprey said:

https://forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2964

 

New detailed report about recent developments regarding our brothers (and some others) in Ukraine.

 

I can't get the forum18 site to open. Can you post a small quote from the article? 

[Tortuga]

4 minutes ago, trottigy said:

 

I can't get the forum18 site to open. Can you post a small quote from the article? 

In February and March, officials took four convicted Jehovah's Witness conscientious objectors to prison to begin serving their 3-year jail sentences. At least four other conscientious objectors – two Jehovah's Witnesses, a Pentecostal and a Baptist - will be taken to prison to begin serving their 3-year jail sentences if they lose their appeals (see below).

Perhaps 200 cases against conscientious objectors under Criminal Code Article 336 are already in court. Of these, 171 are against Jehovah's Witness, Jehovah's Witnesses told Forum 18. Others facing such prosecutions include Baptists (including Council of Churches Baptists), Pentecostals and Seventh-day Adventists (see below).

[Andrey]

The Venice Commission has published an opinion on the issue of alternative non-military service in Ukraine at the request of the Constitutional Court. Strasbourg, 18 March 2025. CDL-AD(2025)006 Or. Engl.

 

https://www.coe.int/en/web/venice-commission/-/ukraine-amicus-curiae-brief-on-alternative-non-military-service

 

https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2025)006-e

 

EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW. VENICE COMMISSION.pdf

Edited March 19 by Andrey

[Andrey]

On March 25, 2025, the Boryspil City District Court of the Kyiv region acquits the Jehovah's Witness. This is the second justified decision made in this court in favor of Jehovah's Witnesses during the war in Ukraine since 2022.

 

VERDICT IN THE NAME OF UKRAINE March 25, 2025 Boryspil: The accused: Suleimanov Ibrahim Oleksandrovych

https://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/126213555

 

Quote: PERSON_6 to be found not guilty of the charge of committing a criminal offense under Art. 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine due to the lack of evidence that his actions constitute a criminal offense under Art. 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and to be acquitted.

 

 

 

VERDICT IN THE NAME OF UKRAINE January 12, 2024 Boryspil: The accused: Tatarov Serhii Oleksandrovych

https://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/116417007

 

Quote: PERSON_4 to be found not guilty of the charges brought against him under Art. 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and acquitted due to the absence of a criminal offense.

 

1014756_E_cnt_1.pdf

Edited April 2 by Andrey

[Osprey]

New Forum 18 article:

 

UKRAINE: How should government deal with conscientious objectors in wartime?

https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2974

[Andrey]

Three Imprisoned for Conscientious Objection During February and March 2025 in Ukraine. An Additional Three Brothers Placed in Pretrial Detention.

https://www.jw.org/en/news/region/ukraine/Three-Imprisoned-for-Conscientious-Objection-During-February-and-March-2025-in-Ukraine/

[Andrey]

The Supreme Court ruled on the refusal of military service due to religious beliefs: the duty to protect Ukraine rests with all citizens, regardless of religion.

 

The Supreme Court indicated that Ukraine has introduced alternatives to military service in peacetime, and Ukrainian citizens can freely use them, but in wartime the duty to defend Ukraine falls on all citizens of Ukraine, regardless of their religion.

 

May 1, 2025. “Judicial and Legal Newspaper”.

 

https://sud.ua/uk/news/publication/329899-verkhovnyy-sud-vyskazalsya-ob-otkaze-ot-voennoy-sluzhby-po-religioznym-ubezhdeniyam-obyazannost-zaschischat-ukrainu-vozlagaetsya-na-vsekh-grazhdan-nezavisimo-ot-veroispovedaniya

 

 

 

 

Edited May 2 by Andrey

[Cool.As.Ice]

5 hours ago, Andrey said:

The Supreme Court ruled on the refusal of military service due to religious beliefs: the duty to protect Ukraine rests with all citizens, regardless of religion.

 

The Supreme Court indicated that Ukraine has introduced alternatives to military service in peacetime, and Ukrainian citizens can freely use them, but in wartime the duty to defend Ukraine falls on all citizens of Ukraine, regardless of their religion.

 

May 1, 2025. “Judicial and Legal Newspaper”.

 

https://sud.ua/uk/news/publication/329899-verkhovnyy-sud-vyskazalsya-ob-otkaze-ot-voennoy-sluzhby-po-religioznym-ubezhdeniyam-obyazannost-zaschischat-ukrainu-vozlagaetsya-na-vsekh-grazhdan-nezavisimo-ot-veroispovedaniya

 

 

 

 

Oh boy; that ain’t good. Ukraine is proving that they are no better than Russia. Keep these brothers in your prayers, everyone. Things are going to get gnarly…

 

Here is an English article (on another website) about the situation if anyone is interested:

https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2024/ukraine-about-300-criminal-cases-against-conscientious-objectors
 

 

Edited May 2 by Cool.As.Ice

[Osprey]

Sadly it seems that question mark at the end of this topic title can be safely removed.  

[Andrey]

18 hours ago, Andrey said:

The Supreme Court ruled on the refusal of military service due to religious beliefs: the duty to protect Ukraine rests with all citizens, regardless of religion.

 

The Supreme Court indicated that Ukraine has introduced alternatives to military service in peacetime, and Ukrainian citizens can freely use them, but in wartime the duty to defend Ukraine falls on all citizens of Ukraine, regardless of their religion.

 

May 1, 2025. “Judicial and Legal Newspaper”.

 

https://sud.ua/uk/news/publication/329899-verkhovnyy-sud-vyskazalsya-ob-otkaze-ot-voennoy-sluzhby-po-religioznym-ubezhdeniyam-obyazannost-zaschischat-ukrainu-vozlagaetsya-na-vsekh-grazhdan-nezavisimo-ot-veroispovedaniya

 

Quote: At the same time, the Cassation Criminal Court of the Supreme Court, following the consideration of case 573/406/24, indicated that the state's presence in the legal regime of martial law is a good reason to talk about the need for all citizens of Ukraine, including Jehovah's Witnesses, to perform military service (panel consisting of judges Natalia Antonyuk, Nadiya Stefaniv, and Stanislav Golubytsky).

 

Accused: Ivanushchenko Serhiy Viktorovych

(https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=702025077&par=5&srcid=share)

 

Supreme Court of Ukraine. Resolution In the Name of Ukraine. April 15, 2025, Kyiv. Case No. 573/406/24.

https://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/126906863

Edited May 3 by Andrey