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24/09/2026

KAZAKHSTAN: After secret police recorded conversations on religion, 9 Muslim men on criminal trial in Taldykorgan accused of membership of banned Muslim missionary movement Tabligh Jamaat

Zhakipbek Ormanov and 8 other Muslims are on criminal trial in Taldykorgan accused of membership of the banned Muslim missionary movement Tabligh Jamaat. They face up to two years' imprisonment. The NSC secret police hid a camera in Ormanov's home and recorded conversations, including on religion. N...

22/09/2026

UZBEKISTAN: Trial underway in Samarkand of 22yo Sunnatillo Akparov, facing 5 to 8 years' imprisonment if convicted for distributing marthiyas (Shia musical lamentations) on Shia Telegram channel

22-year-old Sunnatillo Akparov faces 5 to 8 years' imprisonment if convicted for distributing marthiyas (Shia musical lamentations) on a Shia Telegram channel he ran. His trial at Samarkand District Court is due to resume on 25 September. Judge Aziz Lazizov insisted that Akparov "listened to extremi...

17/09/2026

AZERBAIJAN: With unregistered religious activity illegal, more than 50 individuals faced prosecution so far in 2026 for unapproved religious meetings

A court in Baku's Binagadi District fined 8 Muslims two months' average wage each for holding "religious meetings and other religious activities in a private house". A court in Absheron District heard cases against 26 people who held an unapproved religious meeting in Mehdiabad. These were among 57....

09/09/2026

ARMENIA: Govt + Parliament adopt Programme including commitment to unilaterally remove head of Armenia's largest religious community, Catholicos Karekin of Armenian Apostolic Church

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party committed itself in its manifesto to unilaterally removing the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin. After winning the election, it included the commitment in its five-year Programme, which the National Assembly approved on 2...

31/08/2026

RUSSIA: Prosecutions for cooperation with foreign organisations regime declares "undesirable": religious freedom expert whose work was cited (unknown to her); Christian educational establishments, church, bookshop with Mission Eurasia literature (fines + Bibles ordered destroyed)

The General Prosecutor's Office is ruling that ever more foreign organisations – including some with religious affiliation – threaten Russia's security. The Justice Ministry then adds them to its "undesirable organisations" register. Those "cooperating" with them risk punishment. Olga Sibiryova ...

28/08/2026

KYRGYZSTAN: Following ban on True + Free Reform Adventist Church, jailing + deportation of leader, 5 church members face imminent criminal trials where they too could be jailed

Trial dates are likely to be set in early September for five True and Free Reform Adventists. The regime banned the Church in 2025 after jailing the leader. Four of the five are accused of producing or distributing "extremist" literature, the fifth of participating in a court-banned "extremist" orga...

26/08/2026

UKRAINE: Recruitment Office in Dnipro seized 40yo Pentecostal conscientious objector Yevhen Nabraklo 1 December 2025, he died 1 January 2026, allegedly of "acute purulent bacterial meningitis". "We don't know how he died – they can write whatever they like on the death certificate," says relative

On 1 January, one month after masked Recruitment Office officials seized him, 40-year-old Pentecostal conscientious objector Yevhen Nabraklo died in a Rivne hospital, allegedly of "acute purulent bacterial meningitis". "He was in a terrible state when we saw the body in the morgue. We don't know how...

18/08/2026

BELARUS: Criminal cases on unknown charges opened against at least 2 exiled religious freedom defenders in 2026 - Sergiy Melyanets, who prayerfully supported those on trial for political reasons - + Natallia Vasilevich, moderator of Christian Vision

Police launched criminal cases against two more religious freedom defenders who live outside Belarus: Sergiy Melyanets in January, and Natallia Vasilevich in April. Protestant preacher Melyanets attended court to pray for those on trial until he too was arrested and given short-term detention. Ortho...

13/08/2026

UZBEKISTAN: Another Samarkand Shia Muslim, 22yo Sunnatillo Akparov, faces prosecution for posts on Shia Telegram channel, 5 to 8 yrs in prison if convicted

In late June, amid a crackdown on Shia Muslims in Samarkand, Police arrested the 22-year-old owner of a Shia-related Telegram channel Sunnatillo Akparov. They accuse him of posting marthiyas (Shia musical lamentations) that "encouraged the activity and teachings of various [unspecified] ideological....

03/08/2026

ARMENIA: Head of Armenian Church Catholicos Karekin + 6 bishops on criminal trial from 7 August for refusing to reinstate dismissed bishop in defiance of court order

The criminal trial of seven senior bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church, including its leader Catholicos Karekin, is due to begin at Armavir Region First Instance Court on the afternoon of 7 August. They face up to two years' imprisonment for "failing to execute a judicial act or obstructing its...

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