Russia: Tortured For Beliefs, Suspect Torturers Rewarded
By Victoria Arnold Many people in Russia suffer torture, among them people held because they exercised their freedom of religion
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Kazakhstan: ‘We Don’t Have Censorship’, But Three Books Banned
By Felix Corley On 8 May a court in the city of Karaganda banned three Muslim books as “extremist”, not
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Azerbaijan: Appeals Fail Against Illegal Raids, Fines
By Felix Corley Baptist Pastor Hamid Shabanov, from the town of Aliabad in the northern Zaqatala District, failed for the
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Tajikistan: Detention Extended, No Bible Reading Allowed
By Mushfig Bayram A court in the northern city of Khujand has again extended the pre-trial detention of 68-year-old Jehovah’s
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Azerbaijan: Supreme Court Rejects Conscientious Objectors’ Appeals
By Felix Corley Two conscientious objectors – both of them Jehovah’s Witnesses – have failed to overturn their criminal convictions
Read moreKazakhstan: Muslim Faces Closed Trial In Shymkent
By Felix Corley If convicted at his closed trial in Shymkent, 40-year-old Muslim Dilmurat Makhamatov faces up to 19 years
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Turkmenistan: Three More Conscientious Objectors Jailed
By Felix Corley Three more Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objectors were jailed in July to punish them for refusing compulsory military
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Russia: Two Years’ Jail To Punish Religious Study Meetings
Another Muslim has received a prison term for meeting to study Islam using the works of the late Turkish theologian
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Russia: Jehovah’s Witness Homes Targeted In 28 New Raids, Now 20 Criminal Investigations
By Victoria Arnold Law enforcement officers, some armed and in body armour, raided a further 28 Jehovah’s Witness homes in
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By Felix Corley In December 2017, Sufi Muslim Rashad Abidov, whose home in the northern town of Sheki was raided
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