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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…
Tekle Yoab is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In November 2022, authorities arrested Yoab and his wife for refusing to give money to the national defense.…
Kdisti Tesfamichael is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2022, authorities arrested Tesfamichael and her husband for refusing to give money to the national…
Tesfay Kiflay is detained for his religious belief and association.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Kiflay because his daughter refused to sing the national anthem and was expelled…
Rimon Yonas is detained for his religious belief.
In October 2022, authorities arrested Yonas for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a Jehovah's…
Yanet Yonas is detained for her religious belief.
In December 2022, authorities found and arrested Yonas, a Jehovah's Witness who had gone into hiding during a military…
Vladimir Balabkin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 13, 2023, the Belogorsk District Court sentenced Balabkin to four years in prison for “…
Daniil Smal was detained for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On May 17, 2023, conscription authorities summoned Smal to the district conscription office of Rudny,…
Yevgeny Bushev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 7, 2023, the Kalininsky District Court of Chelyabinsk sentenced Bushev to seven years in prison for “…
Aleksey Gerasimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 7, 2023, the Kirovsky District Court of Kazan sentenced Gerasimov to six years in prison for “…
Aleksandr Serebryakov is detained for his religious activity and belief.
On September 19, 2023, authorities detained Serebryakov following searches on Jehovah's Witness homes in…
Aleksey Khabarov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 20, 2023, the Porkhov District Court of the Pskov Region sentenced Khabarov to two years and six…
Dmitriy Chausova is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2023, authorities in Kursk detained Chausova after searching the homes of several Jehovah's…
Oksana Chausova is under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2023, authorities in Kursk detained Chausova after searching the homes of several…
Nikolay Kupriyanskiy is under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2023, authorities in Kursk detained Kupriyanskiy after searching the homes of several…
Anton Virich is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 11, 2023, authorities in Uzhur detained Virich and subsequently disappeared him for nine days until friends found…
Marina Chaplykina is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On December 18, 2023, the Novosibirsk District Court sentenced Chaplykina to four years in prison for “…
Valeriy Maletskov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2019, authorities placed Maletskov under house arrest following raids on several Jehovah's Witness…
Kirill Chekolaev was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On December 7, 2023, authorities in Vladivostok detained Chekolaev after searching several Jehovah's Witness homes…
Mariam Al Qisoom is imprisoned for her religious freedom advocacy.
In February 2019, authorities arrested Qisoom for her human rights advocacy on behalf of Shi'a minorities in…
Aleksandr Chagan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 29, 2024, the Central District Court of Tolyatti in the Samara Region sentenced Chagan to eight years in…
Vusal Alish is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Alish, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, along with 30 others, accusing them of…
Ismayil Ismayilov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Ismayilov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, along with 30 others,…
Rashad Aliyev is imprisoned for his religious association.
In January 2023, authorities arrested Aliyev, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a deterioration of…
Elshan Rahimov is imprisoned for his religious association.
In January 2023, authorities arrested Rahimov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a deterioration…
Javid Allahverdiyev is imprisoned for his religious association.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Allahverdiyev, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a…
Aslan Gasimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In June 2023, authorities arrested Gasimov amid a deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and a crackdown on…
Khayyam Karimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In January 2023, authorities arrested Karimov amid a deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and a…
Stanislav Kim is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 20, 2024, the Industrial District Court of Khabarovsk sentenced Kim to eight years and two months in prison for “organizing…
Vitaliy Zhuk is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 20, 2024, the Industrial District Court of Khabarovsk sentenced Zhuk to eight years and four months in prison for “organizing…
Nikolai Polevodov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 20, 2024, the Industrial District Court of Khabarovsk sentenced Polevodov to eight years and six months in prison for “…
Arslan Wepayew was detained for his conscientious objection.
In November 2024, authorities arrested Wepayew and placed him in pretrial detention for refusing to perform military service…
Letebrhan Tesfay is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, police officers arrested 85-year-old Letebrhan Tesfay while raiding her home as she hosted a peaceful…
Sidon Tekeste is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2024, authorities arrested Tekeste at school for respectfully refusing to contribute to a political fund.…
Berekti Habte is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, police officers arrested Habte while she attended a peaceful religious gathering. Authorities confined her in…
Elgiz Ibrahimov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On July 30, 2025, Judge Qalib Pashayev sentenced 19-year-old Ibrahimov to one year of…
Elgiz Mammadov is detained for his religious belief and identity.
On June 10, 2025, authorities detained Mammadov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Member (MUM), held him…
Tarlan Sayyadov is imprisoned for his religious association.
In March 2024, Azerbaijani authorities detained Sayyadov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…
Aghali Yahyayev is imprisoned for his religious leadership role
On August 31, 2023, Azerbaijani authorities arrested Yahyayev, a member of the Board of Directors of the Muslim Unity Movement…
Anvar Aliyev is under house arrest for his religious expression.
On July 14, 2025, Uzbek officers arrested Anvar Aliyev for discussing his Shi'a faith in a Telegram group chat. …
Aleksandr Neverov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In the winter of 2023, Russian authorities arrested Neverov for participating in Jehovah's Witness meetings, discussing…
Tigisti Tsehaye is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Tsehaye and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…
Hideat Gebrehiwet is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Gebrehiwet and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful…
Selam Tsehaye is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Tsehaye and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…
Hiwet Isak is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Isak and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…
Okba Amare is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Amare and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…
Tsige Ghebremedhin is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Ghebremedhin and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful…
Almaz Gebrehiwot is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2024, authorities detained Gebrehiwot for refusing to join or contribute financially to the ruling…
Bereket Araya is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Araya and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…
Elen Goitom is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Goitom and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…
Amanuel Araya is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Araya and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting at…
Keseteberhan Negusse is detained for his religious belief.
In February 2024, authorities detained Negusse after learning he was a Jehovah's Witness. Negusse, a landlord, had attempted…
Zesani Biniam is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In November 2024, authorities arrested Biniam at the Asmara Technical School for conscientiously objecting to…
Fitsum Goitom is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Goitom and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…
Hadassa Zerisenay is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Zerisenay and 16 other Jehovah's Witnesses during a peaceful religious meeting in a…
Almaz Gebrehiwot is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2024, authorities detained Gebrehiwot for refusing to join or contribute financially to the ruling political…
Selam Tewelde is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In January 2024, authorities arrested Tewelde for refusing to financially support political movements as a Jehovah's…
Eyasu Yohannes is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In September 2023, mobilization soldiers arrested Yohannes on the street for conscientiously objecting to compulsory…
Teklu Gebrehiwet is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In November 2022, mobilization soldiers detained Gebrehiwet on the street for conscientiously objecting to compulsory…
Dolshi Yonas is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Yonas and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…
Saba Tekle is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Tekle and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…
Bereket Gebremichael is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In August 2023, mobilization soldiers arrested Gebremichael on the street for conscientiously objecting to…
Amanuel Gebremariam is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In May 2023, authorities detained Gebremariam on his way home from work for conscientiously objecting to…
Tareke Tesfamariam is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Tesfamariam and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful…
Aysulu Tastaybekova is detained for her religious activity.
In March 2025, authorities arrested Tastaybekova, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused her of organizing…
Tatyana Dodolina is detained for her religious activity.
In March 2025, authorities arrested Dodolina, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused her of organizing activities…
Yevgeniy Abramov is detained for his religious activity.
In March 2025, authorities arrested Abramov, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused him of organizing activities…
Vladimir Pushkov is detained for his religious activity.
In March 2025, authorities arrested Pushkov, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused him of organizing activities…
Yana Abramova is detained for her religious activity.
In March 2025, authorities arrested Abramova, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused her of organizing activities of…
Biniam Berhane is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Berhane and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…
Genet Zeray is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Zeray and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…
Okba Dawit is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Dawit and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…
Andrey Plekhanov is detained for his religious activity.
In March 2025, authorities detained Plekhanov, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism" (…
Anton Novopashin is detained for his religious activity.
In March 2025, authorities detained Novopashin, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"…
Gonkhi Venans Dzhakhi is detained for his religious activity. In March 2025, authorities detained Dzhakhi, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism" (Art. 282…
Yuriy Pichugin is detained for his religious activity.
In March 2025, authorities detained Pichugin, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism" (Art…
Yevgeniy Dodolin is detained for his religious activity.
In March 2025, authorities arrested Dodolin, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused him of organizing activities…