2 August 2022 | Forum 18
Russian Federation
Article on religious leaders pressured by authorities to support the Russian attack on Ukraine
Government pressure on religious leaders to support Ukraine war (Appeal or News Release, English)
25 July 2022 | Forum 18
Tajikistan
Article on authorities' crackdown on Islamic practices and on women following Islamic dress codes
Banned from wearing mourning clothes, arrested, tortured (Appeal or News Release, English)
21 July 2022 | Forum 18
Tajikistan
Detained Jehovah's Witness Shamil Khakimov is denied urgently needed medical care
Prisoner of conscience still denied proper medical care (Appeal or News Release, English)
15 July 2022 | Forum 18
Russian Federation
Yekaterinburg: Artist Ivan Lyubimov arrested for showing poster against the war in Ukraine; Kaluga: Aleksandr Ivanov, head of Orthodox website, charged for displaying uncensored news
Administrative prosecutions for opposing Ukraine war (Appeal or News Release, English)
11 July 2022 | Forum 18
Russian Federation
Second Orthodox priest accused of discrediting the armed forces after opposing the Russian attack on Ukraine
Second Orthodox priest facing criminal charges for opposing Ukraine war (Appeal or News Release, English)
8 July 2022 | Forum 18
Russian Federation
St Petersburg: Orthodox priest held in pre-trial detention on charges of disseminating "knowingly false information" about the military after criticising the Russian attack on Ukraine
Orthodox priest detained for opposing war "outraged by absurdity of accusations" (Appeal or News Release, English)
5 July 2022 | Forum 18
Russian Federation, Ukraine
Crimea: Crimean Tatar fined for missionary activity after leading Friday Prayers
"Punished simply for conducting communal prayers" (Appeal or News Release, English)
1 July 2022 | Forum 18
Tajikistan
Senior state official for religion rules out registration of any further churches and practice of freedom of religion for individuals under 18 years of age
"We will no longer register any new churches" (Appeal or News Release, English)
17 June 2022 | Forum 18
Azerbaijan
Baku: 2 supporter of a detained member of the Muslim Unity Movement seized and ill-treated by police outside the courtroom
"Torture is nothing new, but insulting Allah is crossing a red line" (Appeal or News Release, English)
15 June 2022 | Forum 18
Azerbaijan
Imam held in pre-trial detention since October 2021 on accusations of espionage for Iran; according to a human rights defender, the accusations are fabricated
Treason case against Imam Sardar Babayev "clearly fabricated" (Appeal or News Release, English)