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Arsen Abkhairov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 14, 2019, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Abkhairov among others after accusing…

Eskender Abdulganiev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 14, 2019, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Abdulganiev among others after…

Marlen Asanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On October 11, 2017, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatar activists, including…

Timur Ibragimov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On October 11, 2017, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatar activists, including…

Seyran Saliyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On October 11, 2017, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatar activists, including…

Memet Belyalov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On October 11, 2017, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatar activists, including…

Server Zekiryayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On October 11, 2017, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatar activists,…

Ernes Ametov is imprisoned for his religious activity and alleged religious association.

On October 11, 2017, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean…

Edem Smailov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On May 21, 2018, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Smailov after accusing them of being involved…

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…

Oleksandr Sizikov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Sizikov among others after searching…

Seiran Khairedinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Khairedinov among others after…

Alim Sufianov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Sufianov among others after searching their…

Azamat Eyupov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Eyupov, accusing him of being a member…

Bakhrom Khamroev is imprisoned for his human rights work for religious communities and his alleged religious expression.

On February 24, 2022, authorities arrested Khamroev, a human…

Marat Saybatalov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Alim Timkanov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including Timkanov,…

Damir Abdrafikov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Ruslan Bariev is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including Bariev…

Rafis Idrissov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including Idrissov,…

Farrukh Makhkamov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Shahboz Makhmudov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Turatbek Osmonkulov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Aidar Tashbulatov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Ruslan Fomin is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including Fomin, for…

Stanislav Moskvitin was imprisoned for his religious leadership role.

On March 13, 2023, the Kirovsky District Court of Omsk sentenced Moskvitin, the the pastor of the New…

Nikolai Ulitin is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In August 2022, authorities detained Ulitin, pastor of the Pentecostal Christ the Savior Church, following searches on…

Svyatoslav Yugov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In April 2023, authorities detained Yugov, former pastor of the New Generation Church in Chelyabinsk. Yugov…

Nikolai Bogoslavsky is imprisoned for his religious affiliation.

In April 2023, the City Court of Anapa sentenced Bogoslavsky, pastor of the Evangelical Christ the Savior Church, to 1…

Khunar Agayev is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On November 23, 2021, authorities arrested Agayev for meeting to study the writings of Said Nursi. Authorities accused him…

Aydar Sageyev is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On November 23, 2021, authorities arrested Sageyev for meeting to study the writings of Said Nursi. Authorities…

Ernes Seytosmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 9, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several individuals, including …

Yurii Herashchenko was under house arrest for his religious activity. 

On March 22, 2023, Russian authorities arrested Herashchenko, a resident of Crimea, Ukraine, after accusing…

Sergei Parfenovich was under house arrest for his religious activity. 

On September 28, 2022, Russian authorities in Krasnogvardeiskoe, Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Parfenovich…

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…

Sergey Romanov is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On June 2, 2023, authorities placed Romanov in a temporary detention facility after accusing him of organizing and holding…

Artem Velichko was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

On February 14, 2023, authorities in Saransk arrested Velichko and transferred him to a detention center after…

Ivan Neverov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In February 2023, Russian authorities arrested Neverov and charged him with organizing "extremist activities" (Art. 282.2-1…

Mikhail Shevchuk is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In February 2023, Russian authorities arrested Shevchuk and charged him with extremism for being a Jehovah's…

Ruslan Nahaev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On June 10, 2019, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Nahaev among others after accusing…

Eldar Kantemirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On June 10, 2019, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Kantemirov among others after…

Ruslan Mesutov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On June 10, 2019, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Mesutov among others after accusing…

Lenur Khalilov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On June 10, 2019, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Khalilov, an imam, among others…

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…

Yashar Shykhametov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Shykhametov among others after…

Ismet Ibragimov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Ibragimov among others after searching their…

Vladimir Moiseenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In or around May 2022, authorities reportedly detained Moiseenko after accusing him of organizing Jehovah's…

Seitiaha Abbozov is under house arrest for his alleged religious activity.

On August 11, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatars, including…

Rinat Aliev is detained for his alleged religious activity.

On August 11, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatars, including Aliev,…

Edem Bekirov is detained for his alleged religious activity.

On August 11, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatars, including Bekirov,…

Vilen Temerianov is detained for his alleged religious activity.

On August 11, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatars, including …

Enver Krosh is detained for his alleged religious activity.

On August 11, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatars, including Krosh,…

Nikita Zhuravel is imprisoned for blasphemy.

On May 20, 2023, authorities in the Volgograd region arrested 19-year-old Zhuravel after he allegedly posted a video online of himself burning…

Ilfat Galimov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On or around November 26, 2019, authorities in the Chelyabinsk region detained Galimov after accusing him of the…

Rustam Khalikov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On or around November 26, 2019, authorities in the Chelyabinsk region detained Khalikov after accusing him of the…

Akramjon Abdullayev is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On August 25, 2016, federal security service agents in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Abdullayev after…

Nematjon Isroilov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On August 25, 2016, federal security service agents in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Isroilov …

Enver Seytosmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On May 10, 2018, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Seytosmanov after accusing him of…

Riza Omerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On June 10, 2019, authorities detained Omerov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Enver Omerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On June 10, 2019, authorities detained Omerov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Aider Dzhepparov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On June 10, 2019, authorities detained Dzhepparov after accusing him of being a member of the banned…

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 “…

Khrystofor Khrimli was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On September 18, 2023, Russian authorities in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine detained …

Andriy Chuy was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On September 18, 2023, Russian authorities in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine detained Chuy, a priest of…

Kostiantyn Maksimov is imprisoned for his religious belief.

On May 16, 2023, Russian forces in Russian-occupied Chongar, Ukraine, detained Maksimov, a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox…

Andrey Kapatsyna is imprisoned for conscientious objection.

On September 23, 2022, Kapatsyna was sent to a military unit in Vladivostok after he received a military summons to support…

Vyacheslav Reznichenko is imprisoned for conscientious objection.

On June 15, 2023, the Vladivostok Garrison Military Court sentenced Reznichenko to two years and six months in…

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…

Zurab Dzhabrailov is detained for his religious activity.

On August 1, 2023, authorities in Moscow detained Dzhabrailov and another individual for participating in meetings to study…

Jeyhun Rustamov is detained for his religious activity.

On August 1, 2023, authorities in Moscow detained Dzhabrailov and another individual for participating in meetings to study the…

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…

Radik Khairutdinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious association.

On September 23, 2019, authorities detained Khairutdinov and others after accusing them of studying Islam and…

Elmar Mamedov is imprisoned for his alleged religious association.

On September 23, 2019, authorities detained Mamedov and others after accusing them of studying Islam and spreading…

Oleg Orlov is imprisoned in relation to his human rights work.

On February 27, 2024, the Golovinsky District Court in Moscow sentenced Orlov, the 70-year old co-chair of the Nobel…

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…

Eduard Sharlot is detained for blasphemy.

On November 22, 2023, authorities detained Sharlot, a musician, at Pulkovo Airport and placed him under administrative arrest. Sharlot's…

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 “…

Natalia Minenkova is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In May 2024, Russian authorities arrested Minenkova for organizing Falun Gong activities, including identifying new members…

Zhu Yun is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In November 2024, Russian authorities arrested Yun for organizing Falun Gong activities. 

In June 2025, authorities…

Ilya Vasilyev is imprisoned for his religiously based political activity. 

In June 2024, Russian authorities arrested Ilya Vasilyev for opposing the war in Ukraine on religious grounds…

Nikolay Romanyuk is imprisoned for his religious expression. 

In October 2024, Russian authorities arrested Romanyuk for preaching an anti-war…

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…

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…