1 April 2022 | Forum 18
Uzbekistan
Muslim sentenced to 15 days of detention for praying at a teahouse, of which the owner was also given an fine
Police: "Law prohibits holding prayers in public place" (Appeal or News Release, English)
29 March 2022 | Forum 18
Armenia, Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh: The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the authorities violated the rights of Jehovah's Witnesses by refusing to register the group
Second ECtHR finding against Armenia on entity's religious freedom (Appeal or News Release, English)
14 March 2022 | Forum 18
Azerbaijan
Further amendments to the religion law transferring responsibility for naming praying leaders to a state committee signed by president Ilham Aliyev
State appointment of all imams now in law (Appeal or News Release, English)
11 March 2022 | Forum 18
Russian Federation
Priest fined for his online remarks against the Russian military attack on Ukraine
Patriarchate priest fined for condemning war in Ukraine (Appeal or News Release, English)
1 March 2022 | Forum 18
Russian Federation, Ukraine
Russian-occupied Crimea: 10 religious communities prosecuted for failing to use their full legal name
Churches, mosque fined for failing to use full name (Appeal or News Release, English)
23 February 2022 | Forum 18
Russian Federation, Ukraine
Self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic: Contuing violations of the freedom of religion and belief
Luhansk: Religious freedom survey, February 2022 (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 February 2022 | Forum 18
Russian Federation, Ukraine
Russian-occupied Crimea: 23 individuals fined under "anti-missionary" law in 2021
23 fines under Russia's "anti-missionary" laws in 2021 (Appeal or News Release, English)
16 February 2022 | Forum 18
Azerbaijan
Pre-trial detention of a Shia imam extended by court; he is accused of treason
Imam's pre-trial imprisonment extended in treason case (Appeal or News Release, English)
28 January 2022 | Forum 18
Russian Federation
Appeals court acquits 3 Jehovah's Witnesses convicted of extremism
Three acquitted on "extremism" charges but jailings continue (Appeal or News Release, English)
21 January 2022 | Forum 18
Russian Federation
Almost 100 Jehovah's Witnesses and one Muslim reader of the works of theologian Said Nursi given suspended jail sentences and fines on extremism charges
Suspended sentences and fines – list (Appeal or News Release, English)