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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…
Rustamjon Norov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On October 17, 2020, Sugd Military Prosecutor's Office detained Norov, accusing him of…
Ali al-Nimr was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.
In July 2012, authorities detained Al-Nimr, the nephew of prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-…
Dawood al-Marhoun was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.
On May 21, 2012, authorities arrested al-Marhoun, who was 17 years old at the time…
Abdullah al-Zaher was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.
In March 2012, authorities detained al-Zaher, 15 years old at the time, for…
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…
Movsum Samadov was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions and for his political activity.
On January 7, 2011, authorities arrested Samadov, head of the Islamic Party…
Abqul Suleymanov was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On August 12, 2011, authorities arrested Suleymanov, a religious figure, for allegedly creating an extremist…
Elshan Mustafaoglu was imprisoned for his religious expression and activism.
On December 17, 2014, authorities arrested Mustafaoglu, a Muslim scholar and former department head at the…
Murtaja Qureiris was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.
On September 20, 2014, authorities arrested Qureiris, who was 13 years old at the…
Israa al-Ghomgham is imprisoned for her religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In December 2015, Saudi authorities arrested al-Ghomgham, a well-known Shi'a activist, along with…
Mousa al-Hashim is imprisoned for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In December 2015, Saudi authorities arrested al-Hashim along with his wife, a well-known Shi'a…
Elvin Muradov was imprisoned for his religious activity and association.
On March 13, 2020, Azerbaijani police detained Muradov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…
Ahsan Nuruzade is imprisoned for his religious association.
On October 6, 2017, two plainclothes officers abducted Nuruzade, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…
Aleksey Yershov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In July 2020, security forces raided the home of Yershov and other Jehovah's Witnesses. They reportedly…
Maksim Beltikov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2020, authorities raided Beltikov's home.
In June 2021, a formal investigation was opened…
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…
Andrey Kolesnichenko was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In July 2020, authorities raided the home of Kolesnichenko and other Jehovah's Witnesses and confiscated…
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…
Waseem Abbas is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In June 2020, authorities arrested Abbas after he was accused of sending written letters insulting Islam.
…Mohammed Issam al-Faraj is imprisoned for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
On June 29, 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting the state's…
Ali Hassan al-Faraj is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting against the state's treatment…
Ahmed Abdul Wahid is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting against the state's treatment of…
Ali Mohammed Al Bati is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested Al Bati for protesting against the state's treatment…
Mohammed Hussein Al Nimr is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested Al Bati for protesting against the state's…
Jalal Labbad was imprisoned and executed for his religious identity and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On February 23, 2017, authorities arrested Labbad from his family’s home…
Monireh Arabshahi was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Arabshahi for protesting compulsory hijab by…
Razi Humbatov is imprisoned for his religious association.
In July 2021, plainclothes officers arrested Humbatov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM) organization, for…
Ahmed al-Matrood is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On an unspecified date, Saudi authorities arrested al-Matrood for protesting in Al-Qatif governorate against the state's…
Khaled al-Ghanim is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On an unspecified date, Saudi authorities arrested al-Ghanim for protesting in Al-Qatif governorate against the state's…
Ali al-Ouwaisher is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On an unspecified date, Saudi authorities arrested al-Ouwaisher for protesting in Al-Qatif governorate against the state's…
Mujtaba al-Muzain is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On an unspecified date, Saudi authorities arrested al-Muzain for protesting in Al-Qatif governorate against the state's…
Salma al-Shehab was imprisoned for her women's rights activism opposing state-imposed religious systems as well as her religious identity.
On January 15, 2021, authorities arrested al-…
Youssef al-Manasif is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In April 2017, authorities arrested al-Manasif for participating in…
Abdullah al-Derazi was imprisoned and executed for his religious identity and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On August 27, 2014, Tarut Island Police arrested al-Derazi in…
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…
Nikita Moiseyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Moiseyev 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…
Yevgeniy Razumov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Razumov 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…
Muzaffar Davlatmirov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 26, 2022, authorities in Gorno-Badakhshan Region (GBAO) detained Davlatmirov, a prominent cleric, reportedly for…
Seymur Mammadov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On September 22, 2022, the Goranboy District Court sentenced Mammadov to nine months in…
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…
Aleksandr Shevchuk was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In February 2019, authorities reportedly open a criminal case against Shevchuk for “organizing the…
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…
Vilen Avanesov was 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…
Andrey Andreyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 16, 2019, authorities in Kursk arrested Andreyev following raids on the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses…
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…
Oleg Danilov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 30, 2021, the Krasnodar Territory Abinsky District Court sentenced Danilov to three years in prison for “…
Igor Egozaryan was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 16, 2019, authorities in Volgograd arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Egozaryan. They were…
Sergey Melnik was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 16, 2019, authorities in Volgograd arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Melnik. They were…
Valeriy Rogozin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 16, 2019, authorities in Volgograd arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Rogozin. They were…
Denis Peresunko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 21, 2019, authorities in Volgograd arrested Peresunko in connection to a group of Jehovah's Witnesses…
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…
Sergey Polyakov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 4, 2018, authorities in Omsk detained Polyakov after assaulting him upon violently entering his home. He…
Yuriy Savelyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 8, 2018, authorities in Novosibirsk arrested Savelyev after searching his home. He was charged…
Rustam Seidkuliev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 15, 2020, the Adler police detained Seidkuliev.
On February 22, 2020, the Leninsky District…
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…
Aleksandr Shcherbina was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 6, 2021, the Abinsky District Court of the Krasnodar sentenced Shcherbina to three years in prison for…
Aleksey Bogatov was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On March 23, 2022, authorities in Balakovo arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Bogatov, in…
Yevgeniy Fomashin was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On March 23, 2022, authorities in Balakovo arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Fomashin, in…
Vladimir Mavrin was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On March 23, 2022, authorities in Balakovo arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Mavrin, in…
Andrey Murych was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On March 23, 2022, authorities in Balakovo arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Murych, in relation to…
Sergey Tyurin was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On March 23, 2022, authorities in Balakovo arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Tyurin, in relation to…
Andrey Bochkarev was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On January 19, 2020, authorities in Kazan detained Bochkarev alongside several other Jehovah's Witnesses in…
Nikolay Vasiliyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 15, 2021, authorities in Samara detained several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Vasiliyev,…
Denis Kuzyanin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 15, 2021, authorities in Samara detained several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Kuzyanin,…
Sergey Polosenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 15, 2021, authorities in Samara detained several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Polosenko…
Aram Danielyan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On January 6, 2022, authorities in Samara detained Danielyan at the airport in relation to his religious…
Elshan Abbasov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 3, 2022, plainclothes officers in Barda arrested Abbasov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM). Activists…
Shamkhal Eyvazov was detained for his religious activity.
In April 2018, customs officials arrested Eyvazov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), and his brother, Migdad Eyvazov,…
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.…
Lubov Galitsina is under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
On August 16, 2022, authorities in Novocherkassk arrested Galitsina after she was summoned for…
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…
Sergey Gromov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 15, 2022, authorities in Moscow arrested Gromov at an airport. The following day, his home was searched, and…
Yaroslav Kalin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Kalin following raids on the homes of several…
Sergey Kosteyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Kosteyev following raids on the homes of several Jehovah'…
Nikolay Martynov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Martynov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah…
Mikhail Moysh is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Moysh following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's…
Igor Popov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 30, 2021, authorities in Mezhdurechensk detained Popov following a raid on his home. Investigators had…
Denis Sarazhakov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 30, 2021, authorities in Askiz detained Sarazhakov following a raid on his home.…
Aleksey Solnechny is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Solnechny following raids on the homes of…
Andrey Tolmachev is impisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Tolmachev following raids on the homes of…