Finland

YLE Uutiset – 5th May 2019

• Finland sees rise in ‘total objectors’ to military, civilian service

Sputnik News – 18th April 2019

• Finland Turns Down Asylum Applications of Jehovah’s Witnesses From Russia
• * cross-posted on the Finland an Russia pages.

Tass – 17th April 2019

• Finland denies asylum to many Jehovah’s Witnesses from Russia – paper
  * cross-posted on the Finland an Russia pages.

Helsingin Sanomat – 17th December 2018

• Korkein hallinto-oikeus: Jehovan todistajien saarnaamistyössä keräämät nimilistat olivat lainvastaisia
  English translation available HERE.

YLE Uutiset – 17th December 2018

• Finnish court orders Jehovah’s Witnesses to end illegal data gathering

Sputnik News – 17th December 2018

• Finnish Court Outlaws Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Data Gathering Methods
  *Sputnik (formerly The Voice of Russia and RIA Novosti) is a news agency, news website platform and radio broadcast service established by the Russian government-controlled news agency Rossiya Segodnya.

YLE Uutiset – 8th December 2018

• No prison sentences for civilian service objectors, appeal court rules

Oulu-Lehti – 27th September 2018

• Tätä on karttaminen: entisen Jehovan todistajan ripsiaika ja arpa­jais­voitto peruttiin Oulussa
  English translation available HERE.

YLE Uutiset – 27th September 2018

• Nainen voitti palkinnoksi kauneushoidon – työntekijä perui sen, koska asiakas oli 20 vuotta sitten Jehovan todistaja
  English translation available HERE.

Sputnik News – 21st September 2018

• You’re in the Army Now: Jehovah’s Witnesses No Longer Exempt From Finnish Draft
  *Sputnik (formerly The Voice of Russia and RIA Novosti) is a news agency, news website platform and radio broadcast service established by the Russian government-controlled news agency Rossiya Segodnya.

Oulu-Lehti – 1st September 2018

• Jehovan todistajat myyvät Oulun konvent­ti­sa­linsa
  English translation available HERE.

Religious Freedom News – 28th August 2018

• Hundreds of Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses Seek Asylum in Finland

Kainuun Sanomat – 22nd August 2018

• Valtaosa venäläisistä Jehovan todistajista on tähän mennessä saanut kielteisen turvapaikkapäätöksen – Hakijoita on jo yli 200
  English translation available HERE.

Tass (Russian News Agency) – 22nd August 2018

• Scores of Jehovah’s Witnesses from Russia request asylum in Finland, says newspaper

The Independent – 22nd August 2018

• Hundreds of Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses apply for asylum in Finland

Aamulehti – 22nd August 2018

• Jo yli 200 venäläistä Jehovan todistajaa on hakenut turvapaikkaa Suomesta – valtaosa saanut kielteisen päätöksen
  English translation available HERE.

New York Times – 16th July 2018

• Jehovah’s Witnesses, Fleeing Russia Crackdown, Seek Shelter in Finland

The Telegraph – 15th July 2018

• Jehovah’s Witnesses must ask permission before collecting personal data on the doorstep

News 24 – 11th July 2018

• Jehovah’s Witnesses pursued as ‘extremists’ in Russia

Today.ng – 10th July 2018

• EU court order Jehovah’s Witnesses to comply with data protection rules

YLE Uutiset – 3rd July 2018

• Finnish Jehovah’s Witnesses not exempt from conscription, working group finds

YLE Uutiset – 2nd July 2018

• Työryhmä esittää: Jehovan todistajien vapautus asepalveluksesta pitäisi lakkauttaa – Jehovan todistajat: “Aseistakieltäytyminen jokaisen omantunnon kysymys”
• English translation available HERE.

YLE Finland – 23rd February 2018

• Jehovah’s Witness exemption from conscription deemed prejudicial in “pivotal” ruling

YLE Uutiset – 5th July 2014

• Entiset Jehovan todistajat: Karttamissäännökset rikkovat uskonnonvapauslakia
  English translation available HERE.