In early 2024, Russian occupation forces arrested a Protestant in her fifties for participating in a July 2023 prayer meeting in the occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol. Prosecutors handed her …

Apr 14, 2022 · At the instigation of the General Prosecutor, a secret Supreme Court hearing in Dushanbe on 29 March 2021 banned Jehovah's Witnesses for a second time, nearly 14 years …

4 July 2025 RUSSIA: Buddhist leader given longest known anti-war jail term A Moscow court jailed Buddhist leader Ilya Vasilyev on 25 June for eight years for allegedly disseminating …

Jun 19, 2012 · 14 July 2025 KYRGYZSTAN: Reform Adventist Pastor's 3-year jail term plus deportation In November 2024 the NSC secret police arrested and tortured True and Free …

The declaration of martial law after Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 cancelled the limited right to alternative service in peacetime. Hundreds of conscientious objectors to mobilisation – on …

On 1 April, the Supreme Court rejected Catholic priest Henryk Okolotovich's appeal against his 11-year jail term on treason charges. Both his trial and appeal were closed. In a message from …

Aug 5, 2024 · At a closed hearing at the Russian-controlled Crimean Supreme Court in Simferopol on 2 August, Zaporizhzhia Regional Court jailed 41-year-old Ukrainian Orthodox priest Fr …

8 October 2024 OCCUPIED UKRAINE: Orthodox priest handed 4-year suspended sentence Officials in Russian-occupied Luhansk Region freed Fr Feognost (Pushkov) of the Ukrainian …

Apr 1, 2025 · Forum 18 provides insights into religious freedom and human rights issues across various regions, highlighting cases of persecution, legal challenges, and state policies.

May 23, 2024 · A Moscow court fined an Anglican Christian three weeks' average wage under Russia's "gay propaganda" law for social media posts citing a Vatican declaration condemning …