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 …

19 December 2025 RUSSIA: Peaceful clergy statements "can become the target of prosecution" In a series of administrative prosecutions, a Krasnodar Region court fined Orthodox priest Fr …

10 December 2025 RUSSIA: Buddhist's retrial, Protestant pastor's appeal fails On 22 October, Moscow City Court overturned the conviction and 8-year prison term handed to Moscow …

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 …

Dec 19, 2024 · 18 October 2024 UKRAINE: Recruitment offices, military detain, pressure and torture conscientious objectors On 11 June, Recruitment Office officials tortured Adventist …

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 …

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 …

On 22 September, a Goranboy court jailed 22-year-old Jehovah's Witness Seymur Mammadov for nine months for refusing compulsory military service on conscientious grounds. On 25 July – …

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 …

Oct 12, 2020 · Uzbekistan's new Religion Law [signed by the President 5 July, came into force 6 July] maintains almost all the restrictions on freedom of religion and belief in the current …