Additional Name(s):
Nikolay Alekseyevich Martynov, Мартынов Николай Александрович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Centre No. 1, Irkutsk
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Denis Aleksandrovich Sarazhakov, Саражаков Денис Александрович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Irkutsk
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksey Nikolayevich Solnechny, Солнечный Алексей Николаевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Centre No. 1, Irkutsk
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Andrey Vladimirovich Tolmachev, Толмачёв Андрей Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Centre No. 1, Irkutsk
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Evgeniyevich Vasilyev, Васильев Сергей Евгеньевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Yevgeniy Nikolayevich Zinich, Зинич Евгений Николаевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No.1, Krasnoyarsk
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Igor Rafitovich Mamalimov, Мамалимов Игорь Рафитович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
SIZO No. 1, Trans-Baikal Territory
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Vladimir Vladimirovich Ermolaev, Ермолаев Владимир Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Penal Colony No. 3, Trans-Baikal Territory
Perpetrator:…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Putintsev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Putintsev, Путинцев Александр Николаевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
SIZO No. 1, Trans-Baikal Territory…
Additional Name(s):
Roman Viktorovich Mareyev, Мареев Роман Викторович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Centre No. 5, Moscow
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Anatoliy Viktorovich Marunov, Марунов Анатолий Викторович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Aleksandrovich Tolokonnikov, Толоконников Сергей Александрович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Centre No. 5, Moscow
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Vladimir Vasiliyevich Melnik, Мельник Владимир Васильевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Orel
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Vladimir Vladimirovich Piskarev, Пискарёв Владимир Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Orel
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Artur Vladislavovich Putintsev, Путинцев Артур Владиславович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Orel
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Maksim Yevgeniyevich Morozov, Морозов Максим Евгеньевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 4, Kemerovo
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Nikolayev, Aleksandr Georgiyevich Nikolayev, Николаев Александр Георгиевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Rumyantsev, Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Rumyantsev, Румянцев Александр Вячеславович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:…
Additional Name(s):
Eduard Vyacheslavovich Sviridov, Свиридов Эдуард Вячеславович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
Additional Name(s):
Yevgeniy Sergeyevich Zhukov, Жуков Евгений Сергеевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Simferopol, Crimea and Sevastopol
Perpetrator:…
Additional Name(s):
Vladimir Ivanovich Maladyka, Маладыка Владимир Иванович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Simferopol, Crimea and Sevastopol
Perpetrator…
Additional Name(s):
Vladimir Fedorovich Sakada, Сакада Владимир Федорович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Simferopol, Crimea and Sevastopol
Perpetrator…
Additional Name(s):
Konstantin Yevgeniyevich Sannikov, Санников Константин Евгеньевич
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 1, Tatarstan
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Nikolay Vladimirovich Saparov, Сапаров Николай Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 2, Adygeya
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksander Skvortsov, Aleksandr Viktorovich Skvortsov, Скворцов Александр Викторович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
SIZO No. 1, Grozny
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Valeriy Viktorovich Tibiy, Тибий Валерий Викторович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Stepanov, Степанов Николай Александрович
Gender:
Male
Current Location:
Detention Center No. 2, Vologda
Perpetrator:
Russia…
Additional Name(s):
Aleksader Filatov, Aleksadr Nikolayevich Filatov, Alexander Filatov, Филатов Александр Николаевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief…
Additional Name(s):
Yuriy Aleksandrovich Yakovlev, Яковлев Юрий Александрович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Oct 14, 2022
USCIRF Calls for UN Commission of Inquiry on Iran After Crackdowns on Protests Against Mandatory Hijab
Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today called on the…
Oct 14, 2022
In April 2017, the Russian Federation banned Jehovah’s Witnesses as an “extremist” organization. In the five years since that designation, law enforcement authorities across Russia have made it a regular practice to raid, detain, and arrest…
Additional Name(s):
Marat Nazimovich Abdulgalimov, Абдулгалимов Марат Назимович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Arsen Nazimovich Abdullaev, Абдуллаев Арсен Назимович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Anton Olegovich Dergalev, Дергалёв Антон Олегович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Mariya Viktorovna Karpova, Карпова Мария Викторовна
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Viktorovich Ananin, Ананин Сергей Викторович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Tatyana Vitaliyevna Obizhestvit, Обижествит Татьяна Витальевна
Gender:
Female
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
Additional Name(s):
Vardan Pegatosovich Zakaryan, Закарян Вардан Пегатосович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Ivan Stepanovich Chaykovskiy, Чайковский Иван Степанович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Yuriy Yevgeniyevich Chernyshev, Чернышев Юрий Евгеньевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Vitaliy Viktorovich Komarov, Комаров Виталий Викторович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Grigoriyevich Shatalov, Шаталов Сергей Григорьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Valeriy Leonidovich Rabota, Работа Валерий Леонидович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Vitaliy Sergeyevich Ushakov, Ушаков Виталий Сергеевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Viktor Valeriyevich Shayapov, Шаяпов Виктор Валерьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
This report reviews blasphemy laws and their enforcement within the region of the Associate of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), highlighting recent cases and providing analysis on related laws. Blasphemy is defined as “the act of insulting or showing…
Oct 19, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Blasphemy in Southeast Asia
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Blasphemy and Related Laws in ASEAN Member Countries…
Oct 21, 2022
Seven out of ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nations have blasphemy laws currently enshrined in their legal codes. USCIRF’s recent issue update reviews these blasphemy laws and their enforcement within this…
The increasing enforcement of blasphemy laws enshrined in Nigeria’s criminal and Shari’a codes poses a significant risk to religious freedom for Nigerians, especially religious minorities and those who espouse unpopular or dissenting beliefs, worldviews…
Oct 26, 2022
USCIRF Releases New Report on Blasphemy Laws in Nigeria
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:
Blasphemy Laws in Nigeria – The increasing…
Additional Name(s):
Vladimir Valeriyevich Bukin, Букин Владимир Валерьевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Valeriy Vladimirovich Slashchev, Слащёв Валерий Владимирович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's…
Additional Name(s):
Sergey Vitaliyevich Yuferov, Юферов Сергей Витальевич
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…
Additional Name(s):
Mikhail Ivanovich Burkov, Бурков Михаил Иванович
Gender:
Male
Perpetrator:
Russia
Religion or Belief:
Christian – Jehovah's Witness…