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Andrey Garafetanovich Stupnikov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 3, 2018, authorities detained Stupnikov at the Yemelyanovo airport in Krasnoyarsk.
On…
Alam Aliyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 17, 2018, security officers detained Aliyev after raiding his home. Authorities accused him of holding…
Aleksey Berchuk is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On January 21, 2019, authorities arrested Berchuk at a Moscow airport. The next day, he was formally charged with…
Dmitriy Golik is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 20, 2018, authorities searched Golik's home in Blagoveshchensk. Authorities placed him on recognizance…
Yonatan Yonas is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2005, Eritrean authorities arrested Yonas for his conscientious objection as a Jehovah's Witness and for…
Yosief Fessehaye is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2006, Eritrean authorities arrested Fessehaye for conscientiously objecting to military service as a Jehovah's…
Samuel Ghirmay is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2009, Eritrean authorities detained Ghirmay for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a…
Isaias Afeworki is detained for his religious activity.
In June 2009, authorities detained Afeworki for attending a religious meeting.
Milen Isaac is detained for her religious activity.
In June 2009, authorities arrested Isaac while she was attending a religious meeting.
Faiza Seid is detained for her religious activity.
In June 2009, authorities detained Seid for attending a religious meeting.
Thomas Tesfagabir is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Tesfagabir for attending a religious meeting.
Mardocai Estifanos is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Estifanos for attending a religious meeting.
Michael Gashazgi is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Gashazgi for attending a religious meeting.
Wintana Shewaseged is detained for her religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Shewaseged for attending a religious meeting.
Emnet Woldai is detained for her religious activity.
In April 2014, authorities detained Woldai for attending a religious meeting.
Senait Berhane is detained for her religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Berhane for attending a religious meeting.
Bereket Habteyesus is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In May 2014, authorities detained Habteyesus for conscientiously objecting to further military service after…
Samuol Dawit is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In March 2023, authorities detained Dawit for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a Jehovah's…
Yonatan Asgedom is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In September 2017, Eritrean authorities arrested Asgedom for his conscientious objection as a Jehovah's Witness.
Daniel Teka is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2017, authorities detained Teka for sharing his faith with others.
Sergey Filatov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 15, 2018, Russian authorities in Dzhankoy, Crimea, Ukraine,…
Artem Gerasimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 20, 2019, Russian authorities in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine, temporarily…
Ermias Asgedom is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In July 2008, authorities arrested Asgedom for refusing to sign a document renouncing his faith.
Rustam Diarov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 9, 2020, authorities detained Diarov following raids by security officials in Astrakhan on the homes of 27…
Yevgeniy Ivanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 9, 2020, authorities detained Ivanov following raids by security officials in Astrakhan on the homes…
Sergey Klikunov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 9, 2020, authorities detained Klikunov following raids by security officials in Astrakhan on the homes of…
Olga Ivanov is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 9, 2020, authorities arrested Ivanov following raids by security officials in Astrakhan on the…
Yevgeniy Korotun is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 14, 2020, authorities raided the home of Korotun and other Jehovah's Witnesses and arrested Korotun. They…
Anna Safronova is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 2, 2021, authorities detained Safronova after searching her residence. The month prior, authorities…
Aleksey Dyadkin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 21, 2020, authorities arrested Dyadkin after he meeting with investigators for questioning.…
Aleksey Goreliy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Goreliy after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Vladimir Popov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 12, 2020, authorities arrested Popov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Oleg Shidlovskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Shidlovskiy after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Dmitriy Dolzhikov is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On September 8 2022, authorities in Chelyabinsk arrested Dolzhikov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's…
Aleksandr Korolev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 20, 2019, authorities initiated a criminal case against Korolev for “participating in the…
Denis Antonov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2019, authorities initiated a criminal case against Antonov for “participating in the…
Georgiy Nikulin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In February 2019, authorities reportedly open a criminal case against Nikulin for “organizing the activities of a…
Elena Nikulina is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 2, 2021, authorities charge Nikulina with “recruiting…a person in the activities of an…
Arsen Avanesov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 22, 2019, authorities in Rostov-on-Don arrested Avanesov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's…
Aleksandr Parkov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 22, 2019, authorities in Rostov-on-Don arrested Parkov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's…
Roman Baranovskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 10, 2019, authorities in Abkan arrested Baranovskiy following raids on the homes of Jehovah's…
Aleksandr Ivshin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 10, 2021, the Abinsk District Court of Krasnodar sentenced Ivshin to seven years and six months in…
Vasiliy Meleshko is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On August 11, 2021, the Abinsky District Court sentenced Meleshko to three years in prison for “participating in the…
Viktor Stashevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 29, 2021, the Gagarinsky District Court of Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, sentenced Stashevskiy to six…
Vladimir Skachidub is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 11, 2021, the Pavlovskiy District Court of the Krasnodar Territory sentenced Skachidub to four years and…
Dmitriy Terebilov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 6, 2021, the Sverdlovsk District Court of Kostroma sentenced Terebilov to three years in prison for…
Igor Schmidt is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Schmidt alongside other Jehovah's…
Andrey Vlasov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 12, 2020, authorities in Prokopievsk detained Vlasov reportedly for holding discussions about the Bible.…
Garegin Khachaturyan is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 11, 2022, authorities in Novocherkassk arrested Khachaturyan following raids on the homes of several…
Gevorg Yeritsyan is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 11, 2022, authorities in Novocherkassk arrested Yeritsyan following raids on the homes of several Jehovah…
Anatoliy Gorbunov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 2, 2022, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced Gorbunov to six years in prison for…
Yevgeniy Zinich is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 27, 2022, the Oktyabrskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced Zinich to six years in prison for “…
Sergey Korolev is imprisoned for his religious activity and belief.
On November 9, 2021, authorities detained several individuals, including Korolev, following raids on the homes of…
Sergey Kosyanenko is imprisoned for his religious activity and belief.
On November 9, 2021, authorities detained several individuals, including Kosyanenko, following raids on the homes of…
Igor Mamalimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 6, 2022, the Central District Court of Chita sentenced Mamalimov to six years in prison for “organizing the…
Vladimir Ermolaev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 10, 2020, authorities in Chita detained Ermolaev following raids of the homes of several Jehovah's…
Aleksandr Putintsev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 6, 2022, the Central District Court of Chita sentenced Putintsev to six years and six months in prison for…
Roman Mareyev is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 20, 2021, authorities detained Mareyev following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in …
Anatoliy Marunov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 20, 2021, authorities detained Marunov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in …
Sergey Tolokonnikov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 20, 2021, authorities detained Tolokonnikov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses…
Vladimir Melnik is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 9, 2020, authorities in Oryol detained Melnik following searches of the homes of several Jehovah'…
Vladimir Piskarev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 9, 2020, authorities in Oryol detained Piskarev following searches of the homes of several…
Artur Putintsev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 9, 2020, authorities in Oryol detained Putintsev following searches of the homes of…
Yevgeniy Zhukov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Zhukov following searches on…
Vladimir Maladyka is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Maladyka following…
Vladimir Sakada is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Sakada following searches on…
Konstantin Sannikov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 27, 2020, authorities in Kazan detained Sannikov after accusing him of “organizing the…
Nikolay Saparov is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On March 23, 2022, authorities in Maykop detained Saparov at the Mineralnye Vody airport for organizing…
Aleksandr Skvortsov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 7, 2021, authorities in Taganrog detained Skvortsov after searching his home. He was accused of…
Nikolay Stepanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 19, 2019, authorities in Vologda detained Stepanov following searches on the homes of…
Aleksandr Filatov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 13, 2021, authorities in Vladikavkaz detained Filatov after accusing him of holding religious…
Sergey Ananin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 14, 2021, authorities in Belovo detained Ananin after searching the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses. He…
Vladimir Bukin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 25, 2022, the Tyndinskiy District Court of the Amur Region sentenced Bukin to six years and six months in…
Valeriy Slashchev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 25, 2022, the Tyndinskiy District Court of the Amur Region sentenced Slashchev to six years and…
Sergey Yuferov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 25, 2022, the Tyndinskiy District Court of the Amur Region sentenced Yuferov to six years and six…
Mikhail Burkov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 25, 2022, the Tyndinskiy District Court of the Amur Region sentenced Burkov to six years and two months…
Andrey Danielyan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 7, 2022, the Rubtsovsk City Court of the Altai Territory sentenced Danielyan to six years in prison…
Aleksandr Seredkin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 19, 2019, authorities detained Seredkin after executing raids on Jehovah Witnesses homes in…
Natalya Sharapova is detained for her religious belief and activity.
On October 6, 2022, authorities in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Territory, arrested Sharapova following searches on the homes…
Anatoliy Li is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 12, 2022, authorities in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Territory, arrested Li. The week before, authorities searched the…
Aleksandr Dubovenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 1, 2022, the Armyansk City Court of the Republic of Crimea - Russian-occupied Ukraine - sentenced…
Aleksandr Litvinyuk is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 1, 2022, the Armyansk City Court of the Republic of Crimea - Russian-occupied Ukraine - sentenced…
Valeriy Kriger is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 19, 2022, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region sentenced Kriger to seven…
Sergey Shulyarenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 19, 2022, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region sentenced Shulyarenko to…
Sergey Kardakov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Kardakov to six years and…
Sergey Yermilov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Yermilov to six years and…
Adam Svarichevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Svarichevskiy to six…
Anton Olshevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Olshevskiy to six years…
Sergey Afanasiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Afanasiyev to six years…
Aleksey Trofimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Trofimov after searching the homes of several…
Dmitriy Malevaniy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Malevaniy after searching the homes of several…
Olga Panyuta is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Panyuta after searching the homes of several Jehovah…
Dmytro Naukhatsky is under house arrest for his religious activity.
On December 8, 2022, authorities in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Naukhatsky after accusing him of…
Pavel Kazadaev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 26, 2023, the Industrial District Court of Barnaul imposed a three-year suspended sentence on Kazadaev for…
Bokurezion Dawit is detained for his religious belief.
In March 2023, Eritrean authorities detained Dawit and took him to Barentu Prison camp for his neutral stand on patriotic issues…
Tewoldemedhin Habtezion is detained for his religious belief and association.
In February 2023, authorities arrested Habtezion because his son would not sing the national anthem and was…
Andemeskel Kidane is detained for his religious belief and association.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Kidane after his two 11-year-old children were expelled from school for…
Yonas Tekeste is detained for his religious belief.
In February 2022, authorities arrested Tekeste for conscientiously objecting to continuing to serve in the military after…
Isak Tekle is detained for his religious belief.
In November 2022, authorities arrested Tekle for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a Jehovah's…
Tigist Tekle is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In December 2022, authorities arrested Tekle for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a…