Despite the warnings from the UN and the US intelligence community, no significant international response has emerged. Many observers are looking to Washington to take the lead, especially given the belief that the current crisis stems from the manner in which the US withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021. The Biden administration showed little appetite

“The only reason for [the initiation of the case] was the fact that the believer answered his cellmate’s questions about Jehovah’s Witness beliefs”, the European Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses noted on its website on 21 June 2023, shortly after the new prosecution became known. Although several other Jehovah’s Witnesses have been su

After Terebilov realised he was not receiving letters which used the name Jehovah for God, the administration of his labour camp told him in writing that there is “a ban on using the name of God [ie. Jehovah] in letters and professing the religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the colony”. Terebilov unsuccessfully tried to have a court rule the l

could have significant impact for the Pacific. Even more so with the uncertainty of what the U.S. will do under the Trump 2.0 administration. With the election called, Australia’s media will be dominated by the ‘horse race’ between the two major parties: the Labor Party, currently in government led by Anthony Albanese and the Liberal/National

and anti-corruption initiatives.iv Furthermore, USAID functioned as a significant vector for knowledge transfer and capacity-building through technical assistance and educational programming. The agency funded educational exchanges, university partnerships and professional training programmes. In addition, humanitarian response to natural disasters