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Additional Name(s):
سام صمیمی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
انیس سنایی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Sep 2, 2022
In its 2022 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended the U.S. Department of State redesignate China as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) for engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious…
Sep 2, 2022
USCIRF Welcomes Xinjiang Report Released by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the…
Sep 2, 2022
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Uzbekistan
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following report:
Uzbekistan Country…
This report documents ongoing violations of freedom of religion or belief in Uzbekistan, which the U.S. Department of State removed from its Special Watch List in late 2020 after determining that the country no longer engaged in or tolerated “severe…
This policy update identifies the ways in which widespread violence by nonstate actors in Nigeria threaten freedom of religion or belief. Examples detailed in the report include militant Islamist group violence, some forms of identity-based violence,…
Sep 6, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Violence Impacting Religious Freedom in Nigeria
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:…
Sep 19
WHEN:
Sep 19th 10:30am
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Sep 19th 11:30am…
Additional Name(s):
الهام چوبدار
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified…
Additional Name(s):
Bobirjon Baratovich Tukhtamurodov, Тухтамуродов Бобиржон Баратович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Uzbekistan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Sep 9, 2022
Since 2020, USCIRF has recommended that Nicaragua be included on the State Department’s Special Watch List for severe violations of religious freedom. In 2022, the Nicaraguan government has greatly intensified its…
Additional Name(s):
Jila Shahriari, ژیلا شهریاری
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Evin Prison, Tehran
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá…
Additional Name(s):
فریبا اشتری
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Yazd Prison, Yazd
Perpetrator:
Iran
Ethnic Group:
Fars…
Additional Name(s):
Atiqur Rahman
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
India
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Health Concerns:
Aortic…
Additional Name(s):
Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, مهسا (ژینا) امینی
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified…
Sep 16, 2022
In 2018, Kazakhstan arrested a group of men for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam and sentenced them to multiple years in prison on fictitious terrorism and incitement-related charges. Last fall,…
Sep 28
WHEN:
Sep 28th 10:30am
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Sep 28th 12:00pm…
Additional Name(s):
Ataollah Zafar, عطاالله ظفر
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Evin Prison
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
ژوزف شهبازیان
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Maliheh Nazari, ملیحه نظری
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Evin Prison, Iran
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Yevgeny Pavlovich Tarasov, Тарасов Евгений Павлович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Butyrka Investigation Prison, Moscow
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Mukazhan Gazizovich Ksyupov, Ксюпов Мукажан Газизович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Butyrka Investigation Prison, Moscow
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Parviz Ogtay ogly Zeynalov, Зейналов Парвиз Октай оглы
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Butyrka Investigation Prison, Moscow
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Urdash Zubayruyevich Abdullayev, Абдуллаев Урдаш Зубайруевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Butyrka Investigation Prison, Moscow
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Ilmir Salikhovich Abdullin, Абдуллин Ильмир Салихович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Nikolay Mironovich Nesterovich, Нестерович Николай Миронович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Sunni…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksey Valeriyevich Dyadkin, Дядькин Алексей Валерьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksey Vladimirovich Goreliy, Горелый Алексей Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Sep 21, 2022
USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Government For Killing of Young Woman with “Improper Hijab”
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned Iran’s religious police for the death of 22-year-old…
Additional Name(s):
Nikita Valeriyevich Moiseyev, Моисеев Никита Валерьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Vladimir Nikolayevich Popov, Попов Владимир Николаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Razumov, Разумов Евгений Викторович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Oleg Grigoriyevich Shidlovskiy, Шидловский Олег Григорьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Музаффар Давлатмиров
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Tajikistan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Shi'a…
Sep 23, 2022
Since 2014, the U.S. Department of State has designated Turkmenistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC), for its systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations. After Turkmenistan’s…
Sep 28, 2022
USCIRF Condemns Recent Attacks on Worshippers in Nigeria
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned a recent attack by armed bandits against worshippers at a mosque in Zamfara…
Additional Name(s):
پیام ولی
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Qezalhasar Prison, Karaj
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í…
Additional Name(s):
Sepehr Ziyaei, سپهر ضیائی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
Seymur Afqan oglu Mammadov
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Azerbaijan
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Dmitriy Nikolayevich Dolzhikov, Должиков Дмитрий Николаевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No.1, Novosibirsk
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Enayat Naimi, عنایت الله نعیمی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Korolev, Aleksandr Yevgeniyevich Korolev, Королёв Александр Евгеньевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian –…
Additional Name(s):
Denis Nikolayevich Antonov, Антонов Денис Николаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Georgiy Nikolayevich Nikulin, Никулин Георгий Николаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Shevchuk, Aleksandr Stanislavovich Shevchuk, Шевчук Александр Станиславович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Elena Anatoliyevna Nikulina, Никулина Елена Анатольевна
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Arsen Vilenovich Avanesov, Аванесов Арсен Виленович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Vilen Shagenovich Avanesov, Аванесов Вилен Шагенович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Parkov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich Parkov, Парков Александр Михайлович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian –…
Additional Name(s):
Andrey Leonidovich Andreyev, Andreev Andrey, Андреев Андрей Леонидович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah…
Additional Name(s):
Roman Lyubomirivich Baranovskiy, Барановский Роман Любомирович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Penal Colony No. 3, Trans-Baikal
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Oleg Ivanovich Danilov, Данилов Олег Иванович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Igor Artemovich Egozaryan, Егозарян Игорь Артемович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Rhoda Ya’u Jatau
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Nigeria
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Unspecified/Other…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Nikolayevich Melnik, Мельник Сергей Николаевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Centre No. 3, Volgograd
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Valeriy Anatoliyevich Rogozin, Рогозин Валерий Анатольевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Penal Colony No 6, Udmurtia
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Denis Petrovich Peresunko,
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Ivshin, Ivshin, Aleksandr Yevgeniyevich
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Atash Shakarami, آتش شاکرمی
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Vasiliy Vladimirovich Meleshko, Мелешко Василий Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Valeryevich Polyakov, Поляков Сергей Валерьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Yuriy Prokopyevich Savelyev, Савельев Юрий Прокопьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Rustam Ataevich Seidkuliev, Сеидкулиев Рустам Атаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Viktor Vladimirovich Stashevskiy, Сташевский Виктор Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Penal Colony No. 9, Krasnodar
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Vladimir Yuriyevich Skachidub, Скачидуб Владимир Юрьевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Penal Colony No. 6, Ryazan
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Dmitriy Sergeyevich Terebilov, Теребилов Дмитрий Сергеевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Penal Colony No. 1, Kostroma
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Igor Yakovlevich Schmidt, Igor Shmidt, Шмидт Игорь Яковлевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Penal Colony No. 10, Rostov
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Shcherbina, Aleksandr Anatoliyevich Shcherbina, Щербина Александр Анатольевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Penal Colony No. 10, Rostov
Perpetrator…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksey Viktorovich Bogatov, Богатов Алексей Викторович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Yevgeniy Yuriyevich Fomashin, Фомашин Евгений Юрьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Mavrin, Маврин Владимир Александрович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
Additional Name(s):
Andrey Yuriyevich Murych, Мурыч Андрей Юрьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Alekseyevich Tyurin, Тюрин Сергей Алексеевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Andrey Nikolayevich Bochkarev, Бочкарёв Андрей Николаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Nikolay Vasiliyevich Vasiliyev, Васильев Николай Васильевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Denis Yuriyevich Kuzyanin, Кузянин Денис Юрьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Ivanovich Polosenko, Полосенко Сергей Иванович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Aram Rudikovich Danielyan, Даниелян Арам Рудикович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Эльшан Аббасов
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Azerbaijan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Shi'a…
Additional Name(s):
Şamhal Eyvazov
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Azerbaijan
Religion or Belief:
Muslim – Shi'a
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
امین شریفی
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Bahá`í
Reports of Torture:
No…
Additional Name(s):
Ayda Rasti, Aida Rasti Qalati, آیدا راستی قلاتی
Gender:
Female
Current Location:
Evin Prison, Tehran
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion…
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of Medical…
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports of Torture:
No
Reports of…
Additional Name(s):
Михайл Рєзніков
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Артур Кожевніков
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant
Reports…
Additional Name(s):
Валентин Журавльов
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant…
Additional Name(s):
Mikhailo Britsyn, Михайло Бріцин
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Protestant…
Additional Name(s):
John Kurmoyarov, Dmitry Valeryevich Kurmoyarov, Иоанну Курмоярову
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Kresty-2 Prison, St. Petersburg
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Andrey Valeriyevich Vlasov,
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Medical-Penitentiary Facility No. 16, Kemerovo
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Niloufar Hamedi, نیلوفر حامدی
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Iran
Religion or Belief:
Unspecified…
Additional Name(s):
Lubov Vladimirovna Galitsina, Галицына Любовь Владимировна
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
Additional Name(s):
Garegin Benikovich Khachaturyan, Хачатурян Гарегин Беникович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Centre No.3, Rostov-on-Don
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Gevorg Levanovich Yeritsyan, Ерицян Геворг Леванович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Centre No.3, Rostov-on-Don
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Anatoliy Vasiliyevich Gorbunov, Горбунов Анатолий Васильевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No.1, Krasnoyarsk
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Viktorovich Gromov, Громов Сергей Викторович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No.1, Tatarstan
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Oct 11, 2022
On September 16th, Iran’s morality police arrested 22-year old Mahsa Amini for wearing improper hijab. The morality police reportedly beat Amini until she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and a stroke. Upon learning…
Additional Name(s):
Yaroslav Vasiliyevich Kalin, Калин Ярослав Васильевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Centre No. 1, Irkutsk
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Vladimirovich Kosteyev, Костеев Сергей Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Centre No. 1, Irkutsk
Perpetrator:
Russia…