The right to believe, to worship and witness
The right to change one’s belief or religion
The right to join together and express one’s belief
Index of all articles, commentaries and analyses published by Forum 18. The most recent articles at the top.
- 13 March 2024: Religious freedom survey, March 2024
- 6 March 2024: Latest draft Law targets Ukrainian Orthodox Church for Russian links
- 1 March 2024: Large fines for sharing beliefs with permission
- 23 February 2024: Criminal cases against human rights defenders, relatives threatened
- 20 February 2024: Priest killed within two days of Russian detention
- 16 February 2024: 42 on Federal Wanted List for exercising freedom of religion or belief
- 8 February 2024: Appeal court upholds conscientious objector's jail term
- 2 February 2024: "Disappeared" Greek Catholic priests in Russian Investigation Prisons?
- 31 January 2024: Another trial of Muslims meeting to study Nursi's works
- 26 January 2024: Muslim prayer rooms closed, Bukhara Baptists unable to meet
- 24 January 2024: "Harsh" Religion Law changes to reach parliament soon?
- 19 January 2024: "If they took Russian citizenship, they could return to Donetsk"
- 16 January 2024: Criminal case for repeat "discreditation"
- 11 January 2024: Repressive new Religion Law imposes compulsory re-registration
- 4 January 2024: Officials warn clergy not to violate strict state restrictions
- 20 December 2023: Zaporizhzhia priests still "disappeared", 4 Churches banned
- 19 December 2023: "Faith forbids him to take up arms, kill, or take oaths"
- 18 December 2023: Religious freedom survey, December 2023
- 15 December 2023: Raids, closures of mosques, madrassahs, Muslim critics arrested
- 14 December 2023: Continuing Russian attempts to crush religious communities
- 7 December 2023: "They conducted Friday prayers at gunpoint"
- 29 November 2023: Fourth post-prison Jehovah's Witness deportation
- 28 November 2023: Repressive draft new Religion Law out for public discussion
- 14 November 2023: New Life Church appeals against liquidation
- 9 November 2023: Conscientious objector's two-year jail term
- 2 November 2023: Armed raid on Krasnodar Region church
- 1 November 2023: Three years' jail for Adventist conscientious objector to mobilisation
- 26 October 2023: Six-month jail term for questioning official religious policy
- 24 October 2023: Detained, fined, ordered "deported"
- 18 October 2023: Repressive draft Religion Law awaits second reading
- 17 October 2023: Russian occupation forces continue to disappear religious leaders
- 13 October 2023: Russian occupation forces close more churches, broadcast disinformation
- 9 October 2023: Four now jailed for refusing to fight in Ukraine on religious grounds
- 6 October 2023: New punishments "correspond to international standards"?
- 3 October 2023: After church bulldozed, New Life Church faces liquidation
- 27 September 2023: Prisoners of conscience refused conditional early release
- 26 September 2023: Still jailed despite 2021 UN "immediate" release call
- 22 September 2023: Secret Supreme Court hearing bans Jehovah's Witnesses
- 15 September 2023: Prisoners of conscience still in jail, others under multiple long-term punishments
- 11 September 2023: Raids, literature seizures, imam detained
- 8 September 2023: Second jail term for opposing Russia's war in Ukraine on religious grounds
- 6 September 2023: Pensioner's pilgrimage departure blocked for five months
- 29 August 2023: Is regime planning to liquidate New Life Church?
- 25 August 2023: Threatened with criminal prosecution for sharing faith in public
- 24 August 2023: Freedom of religion and belief monitoring group to be liquidated
- 17 August 2023: Pacifist Christian musician fined, banned from internet posting
- 16 August 2023: Pastor jailed – to stop him attending "extremist materials" hearing?
- 9 August 2023: Fear of state reprisals for registration applications grows
- 2 August 2023: Raids and fines on Catholics, Protestants, Hare Krishna devotees
- 21 July 2023: Jailed for refusing mobilisation on grounds of conscience
- 18 July 2023: Will State Committee return religious books seized in 2007?
- 14 July 2023: Yet another conscientious objector case set for Strasbourg?
- 7 July 2023: Long jail terms for Moscow Nursi readers
- 5 July 2023: Fined, as "he had no basis for conducting a religious event"
- 30 June 2023: Parish ousted from church after 31 years
- 26 June 2023: Judges "ignore completely" amended Supreme Court guidance on Extremism Law application
- 22 June 2023: Bulldozers destroy Minsk church
- 21 June 2023: Jail sentences, fines for studying Islam
- 15 June 2023: Draft Religion Law "playing on formal appearance of legality"
- 12 June 2023: Detained, fined for sharing faith on streets
- 9 June 2023: Decree bans funerals for alleged "terrorists", denies relatives bodies
- 2 June 2023: Conscientious objector freed, new trial ordered
- 30 May 2023: "Would Jesus Christ have gone to kill in Ukraine?"
- 26 May 2023: Devout Muslim jailed after return to country
- 23 May 2023: First known "discreditation" case in Russian-annexed territory
- 18 May 2023: "Disappeared" clergy still "disappeared" after six months
- 11 May 2023: Seven fined for talking about Easter in street
- 9 May 2023: Army rejects conscientious objector alternative service transfer
- 5 May 2023: Second conscientious objector jail sentence
- 28 April 2023: Freedom of religion and belief monitoring group ordered closed
- 26 April 2023: Jailed for meetings "to understand the Koran [and] strengthen his faith"
- 21 April 2023: Fined for religious celebration, then arrested
- 13 April 2023: 15-day jail for haram yoghurt videos
- 11 April 2023: Easter church raid, Baptists tortured, prison Ramadan fast ban
- 6 April 2023: Kyiv Pechersk Lavra conflict, draft law, impact on freedom of religion or belief
- 5 April 2023: First jail term for religious-based opposition to war
- 31 March 2023: 144 administrative prosecutions in 2022
- 23 March 2023: After 4 months, are "disappeared" Greek Catholic priests still alive?
- 20 March 2023: Two criminal trials to resume in April
- 17 March 2023: Five further criminal investigations, two on wanted list
- 16 March 2023: "Thou shalt not kill" leads to fines
- 14 March 2023: Now 12 jailed Crimean prisoners of conscience
- 8 March 2023: Rent hikes, suspicious fire, enforced church closure, expulsion anniversary
- 7 March 2023: Tomsk musician's criminal trial to begin 15 March
- 27 February 2023: Conscientious objector now jailed
- 22 February 2023: Ailing prisoner of conscience's hospital transfer refused again
- 21 February 2023: Regime bans Ismaili home prayers, lessons for children
- 15 February 2023: Conscientious objector told "to be ready to be taken to prison"
- 10 February 2023: Fled fearing prosecution for preaching that war is "terrible"
- 3 February 2023: "Disappeared" clergy, seized places of worship, library purge
- 2 February 2023: Draft law better than others, freedom of religion or belief concerns remain
- 26 January 2023: Religious freedom survey, January 2023
- 24 January 2023: Two trials, nine long jail terms
- 23 January 2023: Violent attacks continue in 2022 and into 2023
- 17 January 2023: First known wartime conscientious objector jailing
- 13 January 2023: Religious censorship at border
- 6 January 2023: Greek Catholic website among religious works banned as "extremist"
- 5 January 2023: Polish priest forced to leave after 25 years
- 21 December 2022: One Berdyansk pastor and two priests in Russian detention
- 20 December 2022: Refusing to "carry out orders aimed at destruction and utter defeat of living people"
- 19 December 2022: No legal provision for alternative civilian service during mobilisation
- 16 December 2022: Conscientious objector's jail term changed to suspended sentence
- 13 December 2022: Two women fined for religious work with children
- 9 December 2022: Multiple fines for Muslims meeting for prayer in homes
- 30 November 2022: "There is no one to replace the arrested priests"
- 24 November 2022: Urgent medical treatment denied again, defying UN Human Rights Committee
- 18 November 2022: "Incomprehensible" bank account blocking
- 14 November 2022: Two "extremism" criminal trials, more raids, criminal investigations
- 11 November 2022: Three 6-year jail terms, with 7-year post-jail bans
- 7 November 2022: Administrative fines continue for Ukraine war protests
- 1 November 2022: Opposition to war in Ukraine – administrative prosecutions, detentions
- 28 October 2022: Muslim prisoners of conscience transferred to new labour camps
- 24 October 2022: Restrictions continue for Muslims, intrusive questionnaires for non-Muslims
- 20 October 2022: Religious leaders seized, tortured; churches, mosques closed; no news of seized Baptist couple
- 18 October 2022: First criminal conviction for opposing war in Ukraine on religious grounds
- 17 October 2022: Ismaili religious leader jailed, prayer houses closed
- 13 October 2022: Mass banned at Minsk's iconic Red Church
- 11 October 2022: Two priests on trial for opposing Russia's war in Ukraine
- 6 October 2022: Masked soldiers seize Mariupol pastor and wife
- 4 October 2022: Four-year jail term if Russia gets back exiled Muslim?
- 3 October 2022: Fines, car park worship ban for New Life Church
- 29 September 2022: Conscientious objector jailing "very unexpected decision"
- 26 September 2022: 200 people on criminal trial for exercising freedom of religion or belief
- 22 September 2022: Religious freedom survey, September 2022
- 15 September 2022: "Go on dreaming!" prison governor replies to tortured prisoner of conscience's medical need
- 9 September 2022: 75 Tabligh Jamaat adherents criminally convicted since 2015
- 7 September 2022: Officials threaten to liquidate Minsk's New Life Church
- 2 September 2022: Closing "one of the last remaining opportunities to seek justice"
- 29 August 2022: Six who met to study their faith on trial in Moscow
- 25 August 2022: Catholic priest latest fined for failing to use full name
- 19 August 2022: "This is not a state campaign against the Church"?
- 15 August 2022: New registers of "extremist" people and literature
- 12 August 2022: "Retroactively depriving Russian citizens of the right to international protection"
- 5 August 2022: Fined for river baptisms, fined for private garden baptisms
- 2 August 2022: Government pressure on religious leaders to support Ukraine war
- 26 July 2022: Judge jails Muslim as he "read literature .. spread his beliefs .. met others"
- 25 July 2022: Banned from wearing mourning clothes, arrested, tortured
- 21 July 2022: Prisoner of conscience still denied proper medical care
- 19 July 2022: Seven years' jail for online Muslim posts
- 15 July 2022: Administrative prosecutions for opposing Ukraine war
- 11 July 2022: Second Orthodox priest facing criminal charges for opposing Ukraine war
- 8 July 2022: Orthodox priest detained for opposing war "outraged by absurdity of accusations"
- 5 July 2022: "Punished simply for conducting communal prayers"
- 1 July 2022: "We will no longer register any new churches"
- 23 June 2022: Religious freedom survey, June 2022
- 22 June 2022: "The authorities do not want us to exist"
- 17 June 2022: "Torture is nothing new, but insulting Allah is crossing a red line"
- 15 June 2022: Treason case against Imam Sardar Babayev "clearly fabricated"
- 10 June 2022: Direct regime employing and firing imams is "role of a religious organisation"
- 8 June 2022: "A Christian cannot say that what's going on in Ukraine is good"
- 1 June 2022: Renewed criminal trials of Muslim Nursi readers
- 31 May 2022: Five years after Jehovah's Witness ban, jailings continue
- 27 May 2022: Two more prisoners of conscience jailed, one for 7 years
- 26 May 2022: Multiple long-term punishments for exercising freedom of religion or belief
- 20 May 2022: Post-prison "there's a block everywhere!"
- 19 May 2022: Nine known Muslim prisoners of conscience - torture, solitary confinement
- 13 May 2022: Opposition to war in Ukraine - official pressure and censorship
- 12 May 2022: Muslim jailed for four extra years, Nursi reader arrested
- 10 May 2022: First-ever Old Believer Church in Minsk "inexpedient"
- 6 May 2022: Religious opposition to war in Ukraine - prosecutions and detentions
- 5 May 2022: First known criminal investigation for opposing Ukraine war on explicitly religious grounds
- 3 May 2022: "Police watch us like we are in the palm of their hands"
- 28 April 2022: Six months after UN decision, no releases from sentences, no compensation
- 13 April 2022: Christian leaders opposing regime violence and war on Ukraine targeted
- 12 April 2022: 71 known "missionary activity" prosecutions in 2021 – list
- 12 April 2022: 37 known "missionary activity" prosecutions in second half of 2020 – list
- 11 April 2022: "Virtually anything can be deemed to be unlawful missionary work"
- 8 April 2022: Latest prosecution for teahouse Islam discussion
- 1 April 2022: "The law prohibits holding prayers in a public place"
- 29 March 2022: Second ECtHR finding against Armenia on entity's religious freedom
- 16 March 2022: Raids, searches, detentions, fines, criminal investigations
- 14 March 2022: State appointment of all imams now in law
- 11 March 2022: Patriarchate priest fined for condemning war in Ukraine
- 9 March 2022: Soldiers' mothers detained for prayers for end to war on Ukraine
- 2 March 2022: Raids, torture "to discredit us in front of our neighbours"
- 1 March 2022: Churches, mosque fined for failing to use full name
- 23 February 2022: Luhansk: Religious freedom survey, February 2022
- 22 February 2022: 23 fines under Russia's "anti-missionary" laws in 2021
- 18 February 2022: New trial imminent for Muslim prisoner of conscience?
- 16 February 2022: Imam's pre-trial imprisonment extended in treason case
- 10 February 2022: State takes direct control of mosque leadership
- 4 February 2022: More Muslims jailed, tortured, arrested
- 2 February 2022: 130 administrative prosecutions in 2021
- 28 January 2022: Three acquitted on "extremism" charges but jailings continue
- 21 January 2022: Suspended sentences and fines – list
- 19 January 2022: Targeted for being a devout Muslim woman
- 13 January 2022: Religious freedom survey, January 2022
- 11 January 2022: UN appeal for fined conscientious objector
- 5 January 2022: Legal changes increase obstacles for holding religious events
- 22 December 2021: Luhansk: Christmas saved for parishes not allowed a priest
- 20 December 2021: "Foreign agents", "undesirable organisations", and freedom of religion or belief
- 17 December 2021: Literature ban rejected: "repression is postponed for now"
- 16 December 2021: New restrictions in draft new Religion Law
- 14 December 2021: More Muslims targeted for criticising regime hostility to Islam
- 10 December 2021: Second UN finding over registration denials
- 7 December 2021: Jailed, awaiting appeal, deported, post-prison restrictions - list
- 3 December 2021: Tighter event restrictions back in Parliament's lower house
- 30 November 2021: Jehovah's Witness book ban in court, criminal case, secret police ban request
- 26 November 2021: Religious freedom survey, November 2021
- 23 November 2021: "I would like to believe" acquittal "is first of many"
- 19 November 2021: "Prior conspiracy" leads to eight-year jail terms
- 12 November 2021: "We, political prisoners, were not allowed to attend clubs, the church .."
- 5 November 2021: Alternative service "not under discussion" despite latest ECtHR decision
- 29 October 2021: Four already jailed, 12 more to follow?
- 21 October 2021: "Unjustified, unmotivated cruelty against peaceful, unresisting believers"
- 20 October 2021: Jailed for learning to pray and discussing Islam
- 11 October 2021: New religious meeting restrictions now in Senate
- 8 October 2021: Prisoner of conscience barred from attending only son's funeral
- 4 October 2021: Donetsk: Three Protestant churches banned
- 1 October 2021: Wanted for 5-year jail term, prisoners tortured again
- 29 September 2021: Rosfinmonitoring List violates presumption of innocence
- 24 September 2021: Plagiarised "expert analysis", Jehovah's Witnesses to pay over 3 years' wages
- 16 September 2021: "It is not allowed to pray at any location unless it's approved"
- 10 September 2021: Suspended sentence, though she did "nothing apart from study Koran"
- 8 September 2021: Fines, bans for offering religious materials for sale
- 1 September 2021: Administrative, criminal charges for evicted Church's outdoor worship?
- 24 August 2021: Post-sentence: Curfews, regular registration, movement restrictions, job bans
- 20 August 2021: New controls on religious meetings: delayed, abandoned or imminent?
- 13 August 2021: Family denied body for Islamic burial
- 10 August 2021: Imam jailed for preaching his own sermon
- 4 August 2021: "The right to acquire and use religious literature .. of their choice"?
- 30 July 2021: Male police continue targeting women wearing hijabs
- 28 July 2021: Luhansk: More Christian texts "extremist", Catholic priests banned
- 23 July 2021: "To put the church in its place"
- 21 July 2021: "The regime wants to shut people up"
- 16 July 2021: Political prisoners' freedom of religion or belief restricted
- 8 July 2021: "They hold services and pray there, but without a congregation"
- 5 July 2021: President to sign restrictive new Religion Law?
- 30 June 2021: Shia mosque reopenings blocked, Religion Law passed with no published text
- 25 June 2021: "Extremist organisations" suspended sentences and fines - list
- 23 June 2021: More "extremist organisation" trial outcomes: suspended sentences, fines
- 17 June 2021: Religion Law amendments "more controlling mechanisms"
- 16 June 2021: 9 new Strasbourg judgments, 11 judgments awaited - list
- 15 June 2021: A Strasbourg Court judgment alone "is not enough for justice"
- 9 June 2021: More jailed after "extremist organisation" trials - list
- 7 June 2021: Oldest Jehovah's Witness – and first woman - jailed
- 3 June 2021: Luhansk: "The last Mass was in April 2020"
- 28 May 2021: Police raid mosque, teacher jailed for 15 days
- 17 May 2021: Widened ban on "extremists" exercising religious freedom
- 13 May 2021: Parents told not to teach Islam to their children
- 12 May 2021: How will extra training of foreign-trained clergy be implemented?
- 10 May 2021: 16 conscientious objectors freed, Muslim prisoners of conscience remain
- 30 April 2021: Shia Muslim fined for having Shia material
- 28 April 2021: Azerbaijan blocks ordination in Armenian monastery
- 21 April 2021: State to have veto on religious leader appointments?
- 15 April 2021: Targeting ethnic Dungan Koran teachers
- 13 April 2021: Flagship Protestant colleges stripped of right to offer higher education
- 9 April 2021: "People don't have the right to distribute religious materials in any form whatsoever"
- 31 March 2021: Fines, magazine destruction, short-term jailing, beard shaving, threats
- 30 March 2021: Longest jail term so far
- 26 March 2021: Will regime implement UN, European Court of Human Rights decisions?
- 19 March 2021: 8 conscientious objectors jailed in 2021, UN special procedures ignored
- 16 March 2021: Police detain, threaten, swear at Muslims
- 12 March 2021: "A disguised old Criminal Code with no real changes"
- 10 March 2021: "I do not know what the Mandela Rules are"
- 5 March 2021: Independent imam jailed again
- 25 February 2021: Muslim meetings for worship main target of "anti-missionary" prosecutions
- 24 February 2021: 7 prisoners of conscience jailed for between 11 and 4 years
- 19 February 2021: Bailiffs, police evict Church
- 17 February 2021: Early release applications denied
- 16 February 2021: Appeals fail to overturn "extremism" convictions
- 15 February 2021: Now 15 jailed conscientious objectors
- 12 February 2021: Torture, prayer bans, but "No problems in Uzbekistan's prisons"?
- 2 February 2021: 134 administrative prosecutions in 2020
- 29 January 2021: "The policy of expelling 'extremists and terrorists'"
- 26 January 2021: Five conscientious objectors jailed in two days
- 22 January 2021: Five years jail for defending Muslims' freedom of religion and belief
- 15 January 2021: Another second-time jailing, four more imminent?
- 7 January 2021: Three and a half years' jail for "illegal" conscientious objection
- 5 January 2021: Conscientious objector jailed, awaiting second trial
- 24 December 2020: Regime allows Archbishop's Christmas return
- 23 December 2020: Extremism charges against Samarkand Shia Muslim?
- 22 December 2020: Religious freedom survey, December 2020
- 18 December 2020: Raids, investigations, torture
- 16 December 2020: "A fresh bloody wound on his forehead"
- 15 December 2020: Registration applications denied, officials refuse to explain why
- 4 December 2020: Court rejects seriously-ill prisoner's release plea
- 25 November 2020: "Extremist organisation" trial outcomes: fines and suspended sentences
- 23 November 2020: "Extremist organisation" trial outcomes: jail sentences
- 20 November 2020: Fined after prosecutor "told us we'd get a warning"
- 13 November 2020: "My husband does not admit any guilt"
- 12 November 2020: Ten months in Russian "prison within a prison"
- 5 November 2020: Conscientious objector freed, but another jailed
- 30 October 2020: Trial postponed, home raided to pressure human rights defender
- 29 October 2020: Religious freedom survey, October 2020
- 21 October 2020: Religious freedom survey, October 2020
- 20 October 2020: January 2019 - June 2020 prosecutions for not showing full official name - list
- 19 October 2020: 2019-20 prosecutions increase for not showing full official name
- 16 October 2020: "The draft Religion Law is only an advertisement"
- 14 October 2020: Tortured prisoner of conscience jailed again
- 13 October 2020: No surgery yet for prisoner needing heart transplant
- 6 October 2020: 39 freedom of religion cases pending at ECtHR
- 2 October 2020: Regime admits freedom of religion and belief violations to ECtHR
- 30 September 2020: "No real public discussions" of draft Religion Law
- 25 September 2020: Courts fail to halt seizure of Churches' property
- 23 September 2020: Another Catholic priest banned from serving
- 18 September 2020: "No reason to fear" census religion question?
- 11 September 2020: 24th conscientious objector jailed since 2018
- 8 September 2020: Jail, restricted freedom sentences, for discussing faith
- 3 September 2020: Prisoner requests meeting with sister "maybe for last time"
- 1 September 2020: Catholic Church "cannot exist without its leader"
- 24 August 2020: Restrictions remain in draft new Religion Law
- 21 August 2020: 42 known "missionary activity" prosecutions in first half of 2020 – list
- 20 August 2020: 100 known "missionary activity" prosecutions in 2019 – list
- 19 August 2020: 142 known "anti-missionary" prosecutions in 2019-20
- 18 August 2020: Mosque closed as "There is no community there"?
- 12 August 2020: "Why should we pay the state .. to pray in our own church?"
- 10 August 2020: Two jailed brothers, two second convictions
- 7 August 2020: Synagogue demolition threat now removed?
- 4 August 2020: "They want to destroy our Synagogue"
- 29 July 2020: Two churches' buildings ordered confiscated in Nur-Sultan
- 23 July 2020: Agents provocateurs, arrests, torture, criminal cases
- 13 July 2020: 15 months in deportation centre so far
- 10 July 2020: "Russia has deceived Interpol"
- 9 July 2020: Three prisoners of conscience stripped of citizenship
- 1 July 2020: Impunity for torturers continues
- 23 June 2020: Currently jailed, serving suspended sentences, fined - list
- 22 June 2020: Strasbourg Court rules long pre-trial detention "excessive"
- 18 June 2020: Will fired parliamentary staffer be reinstated?
- 16 June 2020: 6.5 years' jail for building "world theocratic state" with 700 roubles
- 10 June 2020: Third jailing as second Jehovah's Witness jailed
- 9 June 2020: When will draft Religion Law be made public?
- 3 June 2020: Police agent provocateur used to entrap Muslims
- 28 May 2020: Warned for violating coronavirus regulations, but fined for leading worship
- 21 May 2020: UN Working Group condemns detentions. Trial list
- 19 May 2020: 43 trials with 93 defendants
- 18 May 2020: On trial despite age, sickness
- 14 May 2020: "I lost consciousness three times because of the pain"
- 7 May 2020: Conviction annulled, yet still jailed on trial
- 29 April 2020: Journalist's jailing based on "complete fabrication"
- 28 April 2020: Will regime implement alternative service commitment?
- 22 April 2020: 24 prisoners of conscience - list
- 20 April 2020: Emergency hospital stay for jailed Muslim
- 17 April 2020: Despite coronavirus lockdown officials continue literature raids
- 9 April 2020: Mass raids, new arrests on "extremism" charges
- 8 April 2020: Makhalichev "basically free, but still not out of danger"
- 7 April 2020: Prosecuting worship as "illegal missionary activity"
- 3 April 2020: 32nd Jehovah's Witness criminal conviction
- 2 April 2020: Conscientious objector tortured, jailed for two years
- 1 April 2020: More court-ordered religious literature destruction
- 27 March 2020: "No objection" to limited worship, but no legal right
- 25 March 2020: Constitutional Court judgment on Armenian Patriarchal election – a precedent?
- 19 March 2020: Raids, fines for religious meetings
- 13 March 2020: Impunity for officials who torture?
- 9 March 2020: Fines, torture for hijab-wearing, fines for Bible translation
- 5 March 2020: "Unjustifiable to jail someone for reading the Bible"
- 4 March 2020: Jehovah's Witness fights extradition to Russia
- 2 March 2020: Six months in Russian prison punishment cell
- 27 February 2020: More Jehovah's Witnesses tortured this month
- 26 February 2020: Five-year jail term for conscientious objector?
- 25 February 2020: Conscientious objector jailed after second conviction
- 24 February 2020: European court fines regime for religious censorship
- 21 February 2020: Churches, mosque confiscated, no sign of promised kindergarten
- 19 February 2020: 35 "anti-missionary" prosecutions in 2019
- 11 February 2020: Pentecostal churches facing possible closure, destruction
- 10 February 2020: Donetsk: Raid, fine for unregistered worship meetings
- 6 February 2020: Will church's alleged fire safety violations be resolved?
- 5 February 2020: Luhansk: No gas, electricity, water for unregistered communities
- 4 February 2020: Luhansk: Soviet-era prisoner of conscience to be jailed again?
- 29 January 2020: Alleged "extremist", alleged Shia, jail, torture
- 27 January 2020: First 2020 conscientious objector jailing
- 24 January 2020: Three more Jehovah's Witness "extremism" convictions
- 23 January 2020: 12-year jail term after secret trial
- 16 January 2020: Raids, searches, fines, threats, beatings, headscarf bans
- 14 January 2020: Conscientious objection "a major crime"?
- 9 January 2020: 168 administrative prosecutions in 2019
- 20 December 2019: Luhansk: Gospel of John, Baptist books banned
- 19 December 2019: Muslim faces 18-year charges, Jehovah's Witness prisoner denied Bible, Pastor freed
- 18 December 2019: 24 prisoners of conscience, 6 restricted freedom sentences
- 17 December 2019: Can homes now be freely used for worship meetings?
- 11 December 2019: Obstacles, pressure, bribe demands obstruct legal status applications
- 9 December 2019: Court orders parish to destroy its chapel
- 4 December 2019: UN call to halt Cathedral eviction
- 28 November 2019: Appeals rejected in absentia
- 26 November 2019: Imminent prison trial for ailing prisoner
- 22 November 2019: Latest conscientious objector jailed for three years
- 14 November 2019: Three pastors' convictions "an unjust court decision"
- 8 November 2019: Haj pilgrims face state control, bribery, exit ban lists
- 6 November 2019: Two new conscientious objector jailings
- 30 October 2019: Four months in Russian prison punishment cell
- 25 October 2019: 32 people on trial after nationwide ban
- 23 October 2019: Luhansk: Worship bans, clergy bans, punishments
- 22 October 2019: Raids, eviction threat for Urgench Baptists
- 16 October 2019: Luhansk: Community work, fines, property seizure
- 14 October 2019: Muslim human rights defender's sentence imminent?
- 11 October 2019: Jehovah's Witness criminal cases - list
- 10 October 2019: Conscientious objectors banned from leaving
- 4 October 2019: Jailings "equate peaceful believers with dangerous criminals"
- 27 September 2019: Large fine amid continuing religious censorship
- 17 September 2019: Mosque demolished, church to follow?
- 12 September 2019: New possible fines for unapproved worship
- 11 September 2019: Pensioner jailed until August 2026
- 6 September 2019: Losing places of worship
- 5 September 2019: Fourth known 2019 conscientious objector jailing
- 27 August 2019: "Unaffordable" police fees stop Greek Catholic pilgrimage
- 19 August 2019: Years of intrusive questioning
- 15 August 2019: Who needs a Religion Law?
- 13 August 2019: Officials try to force registration signature withdrawals
- 7 August 2019: Pensioner faces up to 10 years' imprisonment
- 5 August 2019: Eight jailed for up to eight years
- 31 July 2019: Nine years' jail for online discussion group?
- 26 July 2019: Prisoner sent to Russia, more awaiting trial
- 23 July 2019: Conscientious objector jailed for four years
- 19 July 2019: 108 administrative prosecutions in January-June 2019 - list
- 12 July 2019: First Jehovah's Witness ban conviction, more trials underway
- 11 July 2019: Fined for worship, funeral prayer rooms
- 5 July 2019: "Registration only gives you permission to exist"
- 3 July 2019: Censorship case to join 56 other ECtHR cases?
- 28 June 2019: Tortured for beliefs, suspect torturers rewarded
- 21 June 2019: "We don't have censorship", but three books banned
- 17 June 2019: Appeal court upholds couple's massive fines
- 14 June 2019: Appeals fail against illegal raids, fines
- 12 June 2019: Book censorship appeal still in Supreme Court
- 4 June 2019: Detention extended, no Bible reading allowed
- 3 June 2019: Second 2019 conscientious objector jailing
- 31 May 2019: Jehovah's Witness criminal cases - list
- 28 May 2019: In Ramadan, Muslims fear "extremism" accusations
- 27 May 2019: Second Oryol Jehovah's Witness appeal
- 24 May 2019: Jehovah's Witness appeal fails, appeal to Strasbourg
- 22 May 2019: Imprisonment completed, citizenship stripped, awaiting deportation
- 21 May 2019: Torture, no pardon, for prisoner of conscience
- 9 May 2019: Human Rights Committee finds former prisoners' rights violated
- 7 May 2019: 159 "anti-missionary" prosecutions in 2018 - list
- 6 May 2019: 159 known "anti-missionary" prosecutions in 2018
- 1 May 2019: Supreme Court rejects conscientious objectors' appeals
- 29 April 2019: Supreme Court challenge to student hijab ban
- 25 April 2019: Muslim activist jailed for criticising Muftiate
- 24 April 2019: Residents "don't believe" FSB allegations against imam
- 18 April 2019: 18 prisoners of conscience, 11 restricted freedom sentences
- 16 April 2019: Muslim faces closed trial in Shymkent
- 10 April 2019: Luhansk: Orthodox cathedral, more Protestant churches raided
- 2 April 2019: Raids, another criminal case, four appeals
- 25 March 2019: Obstructions to Protestant theological education "systemic, intentional"?
- 22 March 2019: More raids on worship, fines
- 20 March 2019: Jailed, awaiting trial on "incitement" charges
- 15 March 2019: Luhansk: Baptist Union Churches forced to halt public worship
- 11 March 2019: Officials bar priest's return, church's registration
- 8 March 2019: Fighting against violent extremism?
- 5 March 2019: Minority foundations still cannot hold elections
- 4 March 2019: One city, two raids, three fines
- 1 March 2019: Germany rejects extradition request
- 27 February 2019: 19 years' jail to follow forcible return?
- 22 February 2019: Raid, torture, interrogations, fines, calendars destroyed
- 19 February 2019: Jehovah's Witness criminal cases - list
- 18 February 2019: 100+ Jehovah's Witness criminal cases
- 14 February 2019: Three years' jail, five years' religion ban
- 11 February 2019: Imam forced to flee after freedom appeal
- 6 February 2019: "6-year jail sentence for believing in God"
- 5 February 2019: 24 hours in airport, travel ban for Korans
- 1 February 2019: 171 administrative prosecutions in 2018 - list
- 31 January 2019: 171 known administrative prosecutions in 2018
- 30 January 2019: Fined for giving New Testament away
- 29 January 2019: "Investigations" don't stop police illegal actions
- 24 January 2019: Four years' jail for mosque meetings
- 22 January 2019: New year, new jailed conscientious objector
- 17 January 2019: Courts' book-destroying "barbarism" continues
- 9 January 2019: "Anti-missionary" prosecutions double in 2018
- 20 December 2018: Six years already, nearly six months more
- 19 December 2018: Killed prisoners denied Muslim funerals
- 18 December 2018: Arrest not pardon follows "repentance"
- 12 December 2018: Fined for singing, offering religious literature
- 11 December 2018: Order not to register new religious communities?
- 7 December 2018: Second long jailing for online Islamic talks
- 5 December 2018: "Illegal Christian Wahhabi activity"
- 29 November 2018: Military raids Baptists, Church ordered closed
- 28 November 2018: Up to 10 years' jail for Muslims, Jehovah's Witness?
- 23 November 2018: Raids, large fines, torturers and thieves unpunished
- 12 November 2018: "The attackers are in freedom"
- 7 November 2018: Religious freedom survey, November 2018
- 2 November 2018: Donetsk: Jehovah's Witnesses banned
- 30 October 2018: Ever harsher jailings for religious talks
- 25 October 2018: Muslims, Jehovah's Witnesses arrested, Muslims convicted
- 23 October 2018: Luhansk: Re-registration denials, raids, religious communities closed
- 19 October 2018: Under-18s pressured, illegal raids, legal books confiscated
- 17 October 2018: Ten years jail if Germany extradites Muslim?
- 12 October 2018: Donetsk: Places of worship seized, sealed
- 5 October 2018: Hijab-wearing and beards ban continues
- 3 October 2018: Fines, censorship amid state control of Islam
- 28 September 2018: Senate approves more religious freedom restrictions
- 25 September 2018: Senate to adopt "extremely harsh" religion amendments?
- 21 September 2018: Tenth jailed conscientious objector in 2018
- 20 September 2018: Jailings "to intimidate all who speak about freedoms"
- 18 September 2018: Second 2018 conscientious objector conviction
- 14 September 2018: Secret Supreme Court hearing rejects appeal
- 13 September 2018: Criminal investigations of 69 Jehovah's Witnesses - list
- 13 September 2018: Criminal investigations of 69 Jehovah's Witnesses
- 11 September 2018: Heavy fines for selling unapproved literature
- 6 September 2018: Ninth jailed conscientious objector in 2018
- 4 September 2018: Religious freedom survey, September 2018
- 29 August 2018: Conscientious objector's criminal conviction – more to follow?
- 22 August 2018: Raid, fines to punish Koran teaching
- 21 August 2018: Third 2018 conviction for Muslim study meetings
- 16 August 2018: Now eight jailed conscientious objectors
- 14 August 2018: 2017 prosecutions for religious literature - list
- 13 August 2018: Prosecutions for religious literature continue
- 10 August 2018: Conscientious objector's maximum two-year jail term
- 7 August 2018: Luhansk: Armed raids, worship bans, fines
- 30 July 2018: Three more conscientious objectors jailed
- 27 July 2018: Appeals against 12-year jail terms fail
- 26 July 2018: Restricted freedom, community service for religious meetings
- 20 July 2018: Criminal prosecution for sharing beliefs
- 18 July 2018: More legal personality restrictions imposed
- 12 July 2018: 53 Jehovah's Witnesses facing criminal prosecution - list
- 11 July 2018: Criminal prosecutions of 50+ Jehovah's Witnesses
- 10 July 2018: Last-ditch appeal against 12-year jail terms
- 4 July 2018: 79 known administrative prosecutions in six months
- 2 July 2018: Two years' jail to punish religious study meetings
- 26 June 2018: Freed from punishment, but property ordered destroyed
- 25 June 2018: Protestants targeted in Nizhny Novgorod
- 21 June 2018: Five-day jail, fines for unapproved worship
- 13 June 2018: State official vetoes foreign Orthodox, Catholic priests
- 8 June 2018: Longest jail term yet for religious meeting
- 6 June 2018: Further raids, arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses
- 5 June 2018: Restrictive legal amendments reach Senate
- 31 May 2018: Women targeted, due process violations, unfair trial
- 30 May 2018: Legal amendments - no text, no OSCE review
- 25 May 2018: 28 new raids, now 20 criminal investigations
- 24 May 2018: Criminal prosecution follows Easter worship meeting?
- 22 May 2018: 40 months, 65 criminal convictions
- 18 May 2018: Why were prisoner's conditions made harsher?
- 16 May 2018: Will Constitutional Court reduce "anti-missionary" prosecutions?
- 14 May 2018: Theologian challenges state's book ban
- 10 May 2018: Raids on mosques, jailings, fines
- 1 May 2018: Torture and death threats unpunished
- 27 April 2018: Another "extremism"-related criminal trial imminent?
- 23 April 2018: Armed raids, criminal investigations, pre-trial detentions
- 20 April 2018: Parents challenge schoolgirl headscarf ban
- 18 April 2018: "Everyone has become much more cautious"
- 13 April 2018: Prisoners of conscience freed, others not
- 11 April 2018: State demands young worshippers' personal data
- 6 April 2018: Legally-published religious literature "extremist"?
- 5 April 2018: Cancer sufferer freed, other cases continue
- 29 March 2018: Will authorities pardon tortured, jailed Shia Muslim?
- 26 March 2018: Raid, filming, fingerprinting, insults, criminal case
- 23 March 2018: Jailings of conscientious objectors resume
- 20 March 2018: Increasing land use fines "a lottery"
- 19 March 2018: Officials bully child, "show trial", fines
- 15 March 2018: One church, two prosecutions
- 5 March 2018: 24 criminal convictions in 2017, more imminent?
- 1 March 2018: Ten years' jail for religious study meetings?
- 27 February 2018: Conscientious objection appeal to UN Human Rights Committee?
- 26 February 2018: Almost 2,000 mosques closed in 2017
- 20 February 2018: Two criminal trials, three criminal investigations
- 19 February 2018: Amendments impose even tighter state control
- 16 February 2018: Extra prison term for Koran micro-discs
- 15 February 2018: Why can't Armenians elect a Patriarch?
- 13 February 2018: State's theological review bans book on Islam
- 6 February 2018: Sufis raided, initial fine, Protestants raided
- 1 February 2018: Burial blocked with violence "resolved peacefully"?
- 31 January 2018: 284 administrative prosecutions in 2017 - list
- 30 January 2018: 284 known administrative prosecutions in 2017
- 24 January 2018: Church arson follows long-standing government failures
- 12 January 2018: Six await trial; cancer sufferer not freed
- 19 December 2017: Property sell-offs, alternative service denials follow Jehovah's Witness ban
- 18 December 2017: Four state agencies raid religious communities
- 15 December 2017: Fines follow police raids on worship
- 13 December 2017: No books allowed, Bible ordered destroyed
- 11 December 2017: Falsified "evidence" helped convictions?
- 8 December 2017: Three more Muslim prisoners of conscience
- 6 December 2017: Tortured, fined for offering religious literature
- 5 December 2017: "Mistakes", but prisoner of conscience remains jailed
- 4 December 2017: Nine long jail terms – for what?
- 29 November 2017: Compulsory re-registration if restrictions become law
- 23 November 2017: Continuing attempts to stop communities meeting
- 17 November 2017: Six more arrests for sharing faith
- 7 November 2017: Muslim prisoner of conscience tortured
- 3 November 2017: UN call for prisoner of conscience's release
- 1 November 2017: What do parents and pupils think?
- 27 October 2017: Book banning, censorship, illegal fines, reprisals
- 26 October 2017: Building, retaining places of worship obstructed
- 20 October 2017: One more prisoner of conscience
- 19 October 2017: Surveillance, raids, Bible destruction, jailing, torture
- 12 October 2017: Torture and impunity for torturers continues
- 10 October 2017: More restrictions to Parliament in December?
- 9 October 2017: Compulsory re-registration, continuing state obstructionism
- 5 October 2017: Extra jail terms, no amnesty
- 4 October 2017: Pressure in schools, sackings, haj restrictions
- 3 October 2017: Raids, fines, torture, detentions, threats
- 29 September 2017: Jehovah's Witness Bible, Jewish, Christian, Muslim books banned
- 27 September 2017: Another disappeared prisoner dies of torture
- 22 September 2017: Criminal cases, and no alternative service
- 21 September 2017: Constitutional changes to impose impermissible freedom restrictions?
- 12 September 2017: Id al-Adha restrictions, haj returnee celebrations banned
- 11 September 2017: Religious freedom survey, September 2017
- 6 September 2017: Worship banned
- 31 August 2017: Conscientious objector's military trial imminent
- 29 August 2017: 22nd known 2017 criminal conviction
- 25 August 2017: First prosecution after Jehovah's Witness ban
- 22 August 2017: Torture unpunished; compensation for imprisonment
- 18 August 2017: More legal restrictions to reach parliament
- 15 August 2017: Four years' jail for sharing faith
- 9 August 2017: "Anti-missionary" punishments full listing
- 8 August 2017: One year of "anti-missionary" punishments
- 7 August 2017: Short prison terms, fines after "show trial"
- 4 August 2017: Six fines, one deportation for baptism
- 3 August 2017: Fines for offering religious literature
- 2 August 2017: Fines, questioning, threats for wearing hijab
- 25 July 2017: Twentieth known 2017 criminal conviction
- 24 July 2017: One year of Russian "anti-missionary" punishments
- 20 July 2017: Protestant Pastor jailed for three years
- 18 July 2017: Jehovah's Witnesses now banned
- 13 July 2017: Another jail term, another trial imminent
- 10 July 2017: Three years' jail for leading prayers
- 6 July 2017: Fined for home religious meetings, picnic
- 5 July 2017: Changing administrative punishments for public events
- 30 June 2017: Six jailed for sharing faith
- 29 June 2017: Trial imminent for arrested Pastor
- 23 June 2017: Prison, trials, investigations for religious meetings
- 21 June 2017: Secret trial after six months' imprisonment
- 20 June 2017: Muslims' long prison terms, Protestants' short terms
- 19 June 2017: "Extremist" literature fines rose in 2016
- 15 June 2017: Five years' jail for Islamic talks
- 8 June 2017: Fingerprints, mugshots, fines follow worship raid
- 5 June 2017: Priest forced out after 10 years
- 31 May 2017: Religious censorship, sharing faiths ban?
- 26 May 2017: Fines, vandalism follow Jehovah's Witness liquidation
- 22 May 2017: "Anti-extremism" raid captures Koran
- 17 May 2017: Deportation, fines, Bible and Koran seizures
- 12 May 2017: Further arrest for Muslim study groups
- 10 May 2017: Fined for selling religious books
- 3 May 2017: Five years jail, three year ban
- 28 April 2017: "Extremism" prison term for Christian books?
- 25 April 2017: Fined for Easter worship
- 20 April 2017: Jehovah's Witnesses banned, property confiscated
- 18 April 2017: Islamic study in Saudi Arabia a crime?
- 11 April 2017: Eight Muslim prisoners of conscience sentenced
- 7 April 2017: Police harassment as Supreme Court considers ban
- 4 April 2017: Trial for studying religious books begins
- 3 April 2017: Lawyers now face trial for defending client
- 30 March 2017: Police excuses for literature seizure raids
- 28 March 2017: Fined for praying "Amen" in mosque
- 22 March 2017: Impunity for body snatching officials
- 21 March 2017: Jehovah's Witness activity largely halted
- 15 March 2017: Justice Ministry seeks complete Jehovah's Witness ban
- 13 March 2017: Five years' jail for leading worship?
- 7 March 2017: Article 174 cases increase, Cancer sufferer tortured
- 1 March 2017: Alleged "missionary activity" prosecutions continue
- 28 February 2017: Government and Orthodox block Muslims regaining mosque
- 21 February 2017: Imam imprisoned after 10 years' absence
- 17 February 2017: Atheist writer faces more criminal charges
- 16 February 2017: Jehovah's Witnesses to be liquidated?
- 15 February 2017: Warnings and forced community liquidations increase
- 10 February 2017: Religious literature fines and confiscations continue
- 9 February 2017: Regime jails Muslims, doesn't arrest torturers
- 6 February 2017: Criminal cases for meeting, criticising Muslim Board
- 2 February 2017: Sharing beliefs "grave crime" requiring detention?
- 1 February 2017: Long-running cases against Muslims for meetings
- 26 January 2017: Ten years' imprisonment for religious meetings?
- 23 January 2017: Two prisoner of conscience deaths from torture?
- 20 January 2017: No effective punishment for body snatching
- 17 January 2017: Police claim "everything was done well"
- 13 January 2017: Religious freedom survey, January 2017
- 9 January 2017: Five more Sunni Muslim "missionaries" imprisoned
- 6 January 2017: Religious freedom survey, January 2017
- 5 January 2017: New controls on religious travel and literature
- 20 December 2016: Inconsistency of "anti-missionary" punishments
- 19 December 2016: Torture, prison for "illegal" religious materials
- 16 December 2016: Pensioners fined for praying with pensioners
- 15 December 2016: No grave, no prosecutions over twice-exhumed Christian
- 13 December 2016: Prisoners' human rights still denied
- 7 December 2016: State blocks parish priest nomination
- 6 December 2016: Questions ignored on tortured prisoners of conscience
- 1 December 2016: More literature-related arrests, raids, fines, jailings
- 30 November 2016: Who is obstructing Russian Orthodox diocese?
- 24 November 2016: Trial if imam's Istanbul asylum bid fails?
- 18 November 2016: More jailings, long-term prisoners' sentences increased
- 16 November 2016: Raids, fines enforce state religious censorship
- 11 November 2016: State permission to exist still denied
- 10 November 2016: Muslim jailed and fined, books banned
- 24 October 2016: Many meetings raided and evidence planted
- 21 October 2016: Judges' religious freedom to be restricted?
- 20 October 2016: Mobs twice exhume body – with impunity?
- 17 October 2016: Criminal case, fines, warnings, imprisonments for uncensored literature
- 13 October 2016: Freedom of belief and security threats
- 10 October 2016: Ten more Sunni Muslims sentenced
- 6 October 2016: 34 fines for "illegal" religious meeting
- 4 October 2016: Contradictory "expert analyses", four people fined
- 3 October 2016: Seven conscientious objectors sentenced in 2016
- 29 September 2016: Punished for religious books at home
- 26 September 2016: Imprisoned Muslim leader – alive or dead?
- 21 September 2016: Search, arrest, torture, escape, arrest, prison
- 20 September 2016: Police, officials close Sunni home mosques
- 13 September 2016: "Extremism" religious freedom survey, September 2016
- 7 September 2016: Mass trial of Muslims in Oskemen
- 6 September 2016: Last madrassahs finally closed
- 31 August 2016: Pensioners fined as Parliament awaits new Law
- 26 August 2016: Punishments under anti-sharing beliefs changes begin
- 23 August 2016: "Attracting children" an offence?
- 19 August 2016: Anti-sharing beliefs changes' first use
- 18 August 2016: Will Judge punish praying pensioners?
- 12 August 2016: Sharing faith a state security issue?
- 9 August 2016: Raids, prison, fines for home religious meetings
- 5 August 2016: Prisoners tortured, authorities deny torture happened
- 3 August 2016: "Alternative service exists, not for me"
- 29 July 2016: Imprisonments, trial and torture of Muslims
- 27 July 2016: Mosques ordered to close for "repairs"
- 22 July 2016: Government contradicts UN Human Rights Committee
- 18 July 2016: New summary fines, no due process
- 15 July 2016: How many punished for exercising freedom?
- 12 July 2016: Meals and under-18s in mosques banned
- 8 July 2016: Putin signs sharing beliefs, "extremism", punishments
- 5 July 2016: Conscientious objectors face corrective labour sentences
- 4 July 2016: Sharing belief restrictions, increased "extremism" punishments?
- 30 June 2016: State ends priest's 25-year parish ministry
- 29 June 2016: Eleven new "extremism" criminal trials?
- 28 June 2016: Three-year imprisonment for religious literature?
- 24 June 2016: Prisoners of conscience jailed, one extradited
- 22 June 2016: One more sentenced prisoner of conscience
- 15 June 2016: Harshened Criminal and Administrative Code punishments
- 14 June 2016: Harsher laws planned as 89-year-old fined
- 10 June 2016: Bank accounts blocked, "expert analysis" costs
- 8 June 2016: 31st criminal conviction since December 2014
- 7 June 2016: Large fines for "illegal" religious literature
- 2 June 2016: Fines for religious meetings "correct"?
- 31 May 2016: State tells Muslims when to pray
- 25 May 2016: Fines, rape threat for religious literature
- 24 May 2016: Jehovah's Witnesses face possible liquidation
- 19 May 2016: Imprisonments "designed to scare the population"
- 18 May 2016: 2015 prosecutions for publicly sharing beliefs
- 16 May 2016: Religious musical banned
- 13 May 2016: Punished for worship meetings; UN appeals
- 11 May 2016: Religious literature fines, prison, destruction
- 6 May 2016: Continued state "total control" of Islam
- 5 May 2016: Jehovah's Witness Bible to be "extremist"?
- 27 April 2016: Shia Muslim prisoner – one of many – reported close to death
- 26 April 2016: "Inciting religious hatred" charges for at least 6 imams and man who filmed police harassment
- 25 April 2016: In 2015, 89 known individuals and communities prosecuted for religious literature
- 22 April 2016: Now 30 Sunni Muslims convicted since December 2014, KNB secret police spy
- 18 April 2016: Children's summer camp warning, fines, new Religion Law, "no religion" in army
- 14 April 2016: More than half Ashgabad's mosques now destroyed
- 13 April 2016: Poor jail conditions, torture and large fines for Protestants
- 11 April 2016: Eight facing criminal cases, five already under arrest
- 7 April 2016: "His only fault was to have some sermons on his mobile phone"
- 5 April 2016: No amnesty for prisoner of conscience, no reparations despite UN instruction
- 31 March 2016: Good Friday in Almaty
- 28 March 2016: Three new prison terms, legal advisor next?
- 22 March 2016: Enforced liquidation of communities accelerates
- 21 March 2016: "Aren't you exaggerating by saying he was detained?"
- 18 March 2016: "Isolate the population"
- 16 March 2016: Religious books banned as "extremist", but Prosecutor "can't remember" why
- 14 March 2016: Plenipotentiary attacks Catholics and Jehovah's Witnesses, no religious radio
- 9 March 2016: Crossword books, but no religious literature in prison
- 3 March 2016: Impunity for officials, mob and torturers ignoring law
- 2 March 2016: Freedom of religion or belief "extremist" text prosecutions increase
- 25 February 2016: Now 13 Sunni Muslim prisoners of conscience, 12 restricted freedom sentences over 15 months
- 23 February 2016: Proposed insulting religious feelings law withdrawn – for now
- 22 February 2016: Community service order, 31 initial fines in 46 cases for public religious events over 4 months
- 18 February 2016: Freedom of religion or belief without state permission = murder?
- 17 February 2016: Prisoner of conscience "saying his last goodbye to his sisters"
- 16 February 2016: "This is absurd – he wouldn't have fought with anyone, still less on his last day"
- 8 February 2016: "What were they afraid of? We didn't take anyone away"
- 5 February 2016: Colonel claims Constitution "nonsense", human rights treaties "not important"
- 2 February 2016: Nine Sunni Muslims on trial, another awaiting trial
- 29 January 2016: Convicted and freed, but no compensation for 50 week imprisonment
- 27 January 2016: Prisoner of conscience tortured – with impunity?
- 26 January 2016: Four mosques remain closed, Georgian Orthodox still with no priest
- 21 January 2016: Raids, charges, detentions and fines of Muslims continue
- 20 January 2016: UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention condemns prisoners of consciences' jailings
- 12 January 2016: Muslim freedom of religion or belief prisoners of consciences' trials due
- 7 January 2016: Religious freedom survey, January 2016
- 5 January 2016: Paying fines "would be to admit that they did something wrong"
- 28 December 2015: Two years' imprisonment for Astana Adventist
- 18 December 2015: No Christmas meetings for worship for Georgian Orthodox?
- 16 December 2015: Repeated fines, repeated jailings of prisoners of conscience
- 14 December 2015: Customs block literature "with no reason, no legal right and no court ruling"
- 11 December 2015: Do individuals have religious freedom or only registered organisations?
- 9 December 2015: Women's criminal trial to start after 10 months' imprisonment
- 8 December 2015: "State prosecutor wants Yklas to serve 7 years in prison!"
- 7 December 2015: Police and Imam "forced family to bury deceased in cemetery where officers took them"
- 3 December 2015: Criminal convictions for "extremist" prayer and Bible-reading meetings
- 1 December 2015: Police killings, shooting and mass arrests as Muslims pray
- 30 November 2015: Some but not all sacred texts exempted from banning
- 26 November 2015: Police raid, torture, steal and plant drugs
- 24 November 2015: Sixth Muslim in KNB secret police pre-trial imprisonment
- 19 November 2015: Conscientious objector (again) one of 20 current prisoners of conscience
- 18 November 2015: New fines, Bible destructions follow UN concern over religious censorship
- 17 November 2015: Will schools respect parents' and pupils' freedom of religion or belief?
- 12 November 2015: Police torture one Muslim, 10 more short-term prisoners of conscience
- 9 November 2015: Seven years' restricted freedom for discussing faith
- 5 November 2015: State obstructs building new non-Georgian Orthodox places of worship
- 4 November 2015: Two prison terms, 25 initial fines in 37 cases for public religious events over 4 months
- 3 November 2015: Will government defend judges, lawyers and residents from police?
- 2 November 2015: Last days for embattled mosque?
- 28 October 2015: "Residents wanted to worship. Instead, they came face to face with police truncheons"
- 27 October 2015: Why does government still try to conscript conscientious objectors?
- 20 October 2015: Police impunity for torturing people at religious meeting?
- 14 October 2015: 23 known prosecutions for religious literature in four months
- 13 October 2015: KNB secret police-inspired criminal prosecutions
- 8 October 2015: Five latest freedom of religion or belief prisoners of conscience
- 7 October 2015: Wave of prosecutions against "extremist" Muslims
- 1 October 2015: "We forbid religious books – but this isn't religious discrimination"
- 29 September 2015: Fines, deportations, criminal trials to punish meetings for worship and study
- 25 September 2015: Communities' foreign contacts blocked, websites banned, Central Asia's only legal religious-based political party banned
- 24 September 2015: Orthodox Archbishop denied entry, another conscientious objector show trial
- 21 September 2015: Religious literature banned and blocked
- 18 September 2015: Over 160 year wait to go on haj pilgrimage?
- 17 September 2015: Have Religion Law amendments rendered unregistered religious activity illegal?
- 16 September 2015: Madrassahs closed – for one year or for ever?
- 11 September 2015: "Threatened we will be put in prison if we don't stop visiting each other for prayers"
- 9 September 2015: Seven months' secret police detention so far, three more added
- 8 September 2015: 11 weeks with no Sunday liturgy
- 2 September 2015: Cancelled fine for religious meeting re-imposed
- 28 August 2015: Another enforced liquidation, place of worship to be seized
- 26 August 2015: Criminal trial of conscientious objector a show trial?
- 24 August 2015: Religious festival raided, two-year investigation, criminal trials, one fine
- 20 August 2015: Two-month KNB secret police detention – prosecution to follow?
- 19 August 2015: "His screams of terror and pain could be heard throughout the building"
- 17 August 2015: Why do authorities close public prayer rooms?
- 13 August 2015: "What right do authorities have to scare our children?"
- 11 August 2015: Muslim bookseller's prison sentence "a judicial secret"
- 6 August 2015: Large fine follows police bullying of children
- 5 August 2015: Raid, warnings, deportation
- 29 July 2015: "Teaching religion unlawfully in a private flat"
- 27 July 2015: Banning religious texts easy, unbanning them difficult
- 20 July 2015: Conscientious objector threatened with conscription
- 17 July 2015: Mosque again denied legal status, Imam dies, electricity "temporarily" cut off
- 16 July 2015: Religious freedom survey, July 2015
- 13 July 2015: Imam prisoner of conscience jailed for one year
- 10 July 2015: Three Muslim prisoners of conscience jailed for 15 to 6 months for selling books
- 8 July 2015: Muslim prisoner of conscience given nearly 5 years' jail and ban until end 2022 on exercising freedom of religion or belief
- 29 June 2015: Pastor also to face criminal case?
- 26 June 2015: "Expert conclusions" force structure and activity changes
- 24 June 2015: Fined for books that "have absolutely nothing to do with the mufti"
- 18 June 2015: Alternative Service Law "a bad law. But it exists and that's good."
- 15 June 2015: From raid to ban in 12 days
- 10 June 2015: Muslim preacher the latest prisoner of conscience
- 8 June 2015: Bans demanded for "religious superiority", "religious hatred"
- 4 June 2015: Tortured till he lost consciousness
- 3 June 2015: New punishments for "religious agitation in public places"?
- 2 June 2015: Interrogated, photographed, fingerprinted, fined
- 29 May 2015: Draft Religion Law still repressive, Alternative Service Law stalled?
- 27 May 2015: Trials of Muslims and Jehovah's Witnesses continue
- 26 May 2015: "He was acting as a bookseller illegally"
- 22 May 2015: Will state officials obey the law?
- 21 May 2015: Torture and jail for one 4 year and 14 short-term prisoners of conscience
- 15 May 2015: Increased fines for "extremist" texts, one jailing so far in 2015
- 14 May 2015: Prisoners of consciences' detention extended, criminal cases imminent
- 6 May 2015: "My police shave me"
- 1 May 2015: Jailed for exercising freedom of religion or belief in public
- 24 April 2015: Short-term jailings, fines and harassment
- 21 April 2015: Baku's pre-Olympic Mosque closure?
- 17 April 2015: Baptist facing three years jail for breaking state censorship?
- 14 April 2015: "She fears police brutality during interrogation and short-term jailing"
- 9 April 2015: Transfer from detention for prisoners of conscience rejected
- 1 April 2015: Hijab ban and state-written sermons "only a recommendation"?
- 31 March 2015: 65 known "extremist" religious literature cases in 2014
- 27 March 2015: Religious freedom survey, March 2015
- 26 March 2015: Only one percent of religious organisations re-registered
- 20 March 2015: More literature, website and video bans, but one partially overturned
- 16 March 2015: Six new freedom of religion or belief prisoners of conscience
- 12 March 2015: "Who can forbid us from praying?" Yet raids, fines continue
- 6 March 2015: Muslim first known victim of lengthened "extremism" prison terms
- 4 March 2015: "Pardoned only after repenting and asking the President for forgiveness"
- 2 March 2015: Prosecutions for public evangelism and public meetings for worship
- 25 February 2015: "A general unwillingness to properly protect human rights"
- 24 February 2015: Another Mosque forcibly transferred to new leadership
- 23 February 2015: Latest secret police prisoners – two female Jehovah's Witnesses
- 20 February 2015: Slander and obstruction to keep foreigners out
- 18 February 2015: Two amnestied prisoners, conscientious objector in hospital, beaten "Wahhabis"
- 16 February 2015: Nakhichevan detentions without trial, beatings and attempted kidnapping
- 12 February 2015: Five years' imprisonment for "normal Muslims" who "simply conduct prayers"?
- 11 February 2015: Detention, fine, literature confiscation was "hospitality we got for bringing mandarins"
- 4 February 2015: Fined when "no such community" met for worship
- 2 February 2015: Former rehab centre residents "scared and tired of police pressure"
- 29 January 2015: After raids and pre-trial detention, six Muslims fined
- 26 January 2015: "Subject to action by state agencies"
- 22 January 2015: Punishments continue for religious literature
- 21 January 2015: Thoughtcrime banned
- 20 January 2015: Convent closed following nuns' enforced departure
- 14 January 2015: Four 20-month prison terms, one 18-month term
- 12 January 2015: "Social justice" the Kazakh way
- 19 December 2014: No freedom of religion or belief "unless they have registration", Anti-Terrorism Police claim
- 16 December 2014: Kaliningrad and Moscow struggles for places of worship
- 12 December 2014: One three-year jail term, 5 or 25 more to follow?
- 8 December 2014: State-controlled media attacks continue
- 4 December 2014: 200 Nakhichevan Muslims arrested, 50 still detained, 50 mosques closed
- 3 December 2014: Bans on more literature, website and video
- 1 December 2014: Forced mosque liquidation, Baptists and Adventists told to liquidate themselves
- 26 November 2014: Koran translation banned, New Testaments destroyed, planted evidence and witness, large fines
- 20 November 2014: "Extremism" charges for possessing Muslim books, Jehovah's Witness community ban confirmed
- 18 November 2014: Imprisoned for pistol or prayer room?
- 13 November 2014: "A fabricated case" states Judge, but women still under arrest
- 10 November 2014: Conscientious objector "a criminal who must pay the price for his crime"
- 4 November 2014: Religious freedom survey, November 2014
- 3 November 2014: "All our priests and nuns will have to leave by the 2014 year end"
- 30 October 2014: Contradictory court decisions, arbitrary official actions
- 29 October 2014: Guns, weapons, drugs – and religious literature
- 28 October 2014: Eight prisoners of conscience amnestied
- 24 October 2014: "Draconian" proposed Religion Law and Administrative Code changes
- 22 October 2014: Prison death result of accident, illness, torture, neglect?
- 14 October 2014: "New forms of countering religious activity by non-traditional religious movements"
- 10 October 2014: Ten days' imprisonment for "extremist" book
- 8 October 2014: Fourteenth known 2014 short-term prison term
- 1 October 2014: No imam? No prayers
- 29 September 2014: Freed after four weeks, but court "failed to correct an injustice"
- 26 September 2014: Rehabilitation Centre suspended, leaders under criminal investigation
- 24 September 2014: What will happen to state-confiscated places of worship?
- 22 September 2014: Transfer to house arrest a prelude to trial?
- 18 September 2014: "We will continue fining you unless you stop storing religious literature in your home"
- 16 September 2014: Religious freedom survey, September 2014
- 11 September 2014: Six weeks until Catholic parish loses priest?
- 10 September 2014: The unbearable burden of re-registration?
- 8 September 2014: Further fines for religious literature
- 5 September 2014: Why can't school-age children attend worship meetings?
- 3 September 2014: Enforced departure of Turkish imams; FSB surveillance
- 1 September 2014: Raids, religious literature seizures, passport confiscations and expulsions
- 28 August 2014: "We still cry when we remember the burned books"
- 26 August 2014: First known Russian religious literature "extremism" prosecution
- 25 August 2014: Eleven-year wait on haj pilgrimage list?
- 20 August 2014: Same court, same judge, same four-year prison sentence, different victim
- 19 August 2014: Suspended prison terms and fines and criminal records for meeting for worship
- 14 August 2014: Four months' extra prison term because "they gave him too little"
- 11 August 2014: "They don't want a Sunni mosque in the Old City"
- 7 August 2014: NSM secret police detentions extended, conscientious objector's appeal fails
- 5 August 2014: European Court repeats calls for Religion Law change
- 1 August 2014: Police violence, forcible injections, fabricated charges, four years jail for prisoner of conscience
- 24 July 2014: Another jailing, large fines for meeting upheld, more confiscations
- 21 July 2014: Jailings under Administrative Code continue as new Codes signed
- 18 July 2014: Orthodox Bishop banned
- 17 July 2014: Ahmadis "must not worship together. Otherwise they will be punished"
- 9 July 2014: Two criminal cases continue as new Criminal Code signed
- 8 July 2014: Almost incommunicado in Investigation Prison
- 4 July 2014: "Legally" preventing human rights
- 27 June 2014: Old and new place of worship problems, Greek Catholic clergy restrictions
- 26 June 2014: Raids, violence, threats – but what protection do victims get?
- 19 June 2014: Jehovah's Witnesses and Muslims face up to six years' imprisonment
- 17 June 2014: Teacher and bookseller fined, imam's fine overturned
- 12 June 2014: "I want to read the last rites over my son's body"
- 11 June 2014: "I don't see political will on higher level" to resolve burial problems
- 9 June 2014: Third Muslim in secret police pre-trial detention
- 6 June 2014: Complaining to local authorities about burial violations is "useless"
- 5 June 2014: Obstructions to building places of worship
- 3 June 2014: "The banned book the Old Testament was confiscated"
- 29 May 2014: Drink vodka – yes, watch football – yes, praying – no
- 28 May 2014: Where is prayer allowed?
- 23 May 2014: Auction to end Old Believer church restitution hopes?
- 21 May 2014: "Not accused of extremism", but punished
- 16 May 2014: Two months' jail for religious meetings without state permission?
- 13 May 2014: "To prevent illegal religious materials"
- 9 May 2014: "Let him pay the fine and we'll return the car"
- 8 May 2014: Beating to extract "evidence"; conscientious objector gets one year's military detention
- 6 May 2014: Muslim Nursi texts, Old Testament, and Jehovah's Witness texts "banned"
- 2 May 2014: Another 5 year prison term for sermons in mobile
- 1 May 2014: "They'll punish you .. whether or not you committed a crime"
- 28 April 2014: Three year prison terms for Koran study?
- 25 April 2014: "Those who accepted other religions may not be buried in same cemetery with Muslims"
- 22 April 2014: Jailed over Easter; new deportation order
- 17 April 2014: Lenten service raided, other raids, warnings of "illegal activity"
- 16 April 2014: Four days incommunicado at secret police – so far
- 15 April 2014: European Court request enough to protect Uzbek asylum seeker?
- 10 April 2014: "Tired of the unjust treatment of the books, ourselves, and our loved ones"
- 8 April 2014: 14 year church ownership annulled
- 1 April 2014: Criminal convictions overturned, but will alternative to military service be for all?
- 26 March 2014: St Petersburg church liquidated, Rostov and Chelyabinsk drug and alcohol rehabilitation targeted
- 25 March 2014: Detained for religious materials in electronic devices
- 24 March 2014: Seven Muslims amnestied, but ailing Muslim prisoner waits for operation
- 21 March 2014: One-year prison term for latest conscientious objector
- 20 March 2014: Religious freedom survey, March 2014
- 18 March 2014: Anti-Terrorism Police seize religious literature, tear down religious posters
- 13 March 2014: 87-year-old fined, two new five-day prison terms
- 12 March 2014: Two fines, two more sentences imminent, court-ordered book destructions
- 6 March 2014: Homeless shelter officially closed; Baptists fined
- 4 March 2014: Still no mosque for Sochi, Protestants struggle to keep church
- 3 March 2014: State control of Islam increasing
- 27 February 2014: Freeing belief communities from state interference "a mistake"
- 25 February 2014: Who can be a conscientious objector?
- 18 February 2014: Concern over health of prisoners of conscience
- 17 February 2014: Criminal conviction, large "moral damages" - and new criminal case?
- 12 February 2014: New Decree gives "legal" basis to existing censorship
- 11 February 2014: "We do not believe in the justice of our court"
- 10 February 2014: Conscientious objector's trial to begin after 4 months' detention
- 6 February 2014: Massive fine for Muslim prayer mat, Christian book raid ordered by NSS secret police
- 5 February 2014: "We're liquidating the [mosque] community"
- 3 February 2014: Long-awaited Alternative Service Law abandoned?
- 29 January 2014: Art lessons, talking constitute "illegal" religious activity?
- 28 January 2014: Jailed for refusing to pay fines for exercising human rights without state permission
- 27 January 2014: Two "extremism" bans overturned - but bans, fines continue
- 23 January 2014: Do foreigners have religious freedom?
- 22 January 2014: Criminal trial begins for 67-year-old pastor
- 20 January 2014: Religion, schools and the right to choose
- 16 January 2014: Religious freedom survey, January 2014
- 14 January 2014: 48-hour jail terms for refusing to pay "unjust" fines
- 13 January 2014: Baptist worship raided, Catholic priest "will be tried"
- 8 January 2014: "We have experts to check icons"
- 6 January 2014: Fines for "extremist" books
- 20 December 2013: "Singing about God here is banned"
- 20 December 2013: New prisoner of conscience, prisoners "set up" not to be amnestied
- 19 December 2013: Fined for praying for deceased
- 18 December 2013: Ten fines in Tashkent Region, more elsewhere
- 16 December 2013: Amnesty for jailed Koran verses and sermon "smuggler"?
- 12 December 2013: "I want my rights to be protected by our government, not violated"
- 9 December 2013: KGB releases priest, but house arrest and treason investigation continue
- 6 December 2013: Building places of worship "not appropriate"
- 4 December 2013: Have "suspended" Islamic schools been closed down?
- 2 December 2013: Alternatives to "extremism" charges to punish freedom of religion or belief
- 28 November 2013: Jailed conscientious objectors freed - but alternative service applications missing?
- 26 November 2013: Muslims sentenced for discussing Islam and praying
- 25 November 2013: Catholic and Protestant "extremism"?
- 21 November 2013: "They need permission from the local authorities"
- 18 November 2013: "The law demands that all religious literature be checked by the state"
- 15 November 2013: Censorship "is not censorship", tightened censorship planned
- 11 November 2013: At least 153 fines in 2013 – and counting
- 7 November 2013: "Tragicomedy and mockery of justice"
- 5 November 2013: Prisoner of conscience exposed to TB
- 4 November 2013: "He was told not to sell religious literature"
- 30 October 2013: Baptist faces one year in jail, Hare Krishna community ordered halted for three months
- 25 October 2013: Incoherence persists in counter-"extremism" policy
- 24 October 2013: Baptist camp ordered seized, Protestant pressured to inform
- 21 October 2013: Muslims "fed up" with "not being allowed to read these texts"
- 17 October 2013: "Imprisoned conscientious objectors should be immediately and unconditionally released"
- 15 October 2013: Why is Catholic priest still detained by KGB secret police?
- 9 October 2013: Pastor re-arrested within minutes as suspected "extremist"
- 7 October 2013: Pastor to be transferred from prison to house arrest
- 4 October 2013: Offences a pretext for deportation?
- 2 October 2013: Threats, fear, and independent mosque closures
- 1 October 2013: What's wrong with "extremist" Koran translation?
- 30 September 2013: Pastor deported, Orthodox priest to follow?
- 27 September 2013: Muslims rush to challenge Koran "extremism" ruling
- 18 September 2013: Church piano, pulpit, carpet, refrigerator seized
- 17 September 2013: "If you adopt their faith I'll tear off your head"
- 16 September 2013: When will five-fold state-backed religious monopoly end?
- 12 September 2013: Religious books "only allowed to be read within registered religious communities' buildings"
- 11 September 2013: Moscow Krishna devotees face eviction
- 9 September 2013: Imprisoned Catholic priest "Polish spy" or religious freedom victim?
- 6 September 2013: Six-month "extremism" sentence for St Petersburg Nursi reader
- 4 September 2013: Atheist freed, but criminal case continues; Pastor transferred from psychiatric hospital
- 3 September 2013: Inviting to religious worship a new offence
- 29 August 2013: New prisoner of conscience; police raid children's camp
- 22 August 2013: Nationwide fines and raids on meetings continue
- 20 August 2013: Is it possible to manifest religion or belief in teaching and education?
- 19 August 2013: Parliamentary Religion Committee back in action
- 15 August 2013: Rise in legal proposals affecting religious freedom
- 14 August 2013: "Religious feelings" not offended – or the calm before the storm?
- 9 August 2013: State tries to take one children's summer camp, raids another
- 8 August 2013: Religious freedom survey, August 2013
- 2 August 2013: Ramadan restrictions, violent police assault on Protestant
- 26 July 2013: Atheist and Pastor still detained with little evidence to convict either
- 19 July 2013: Pensioners owning Koran and Bibles fined over two years' pension
- 15 July 2013: State destroys own "extremism" evidence
- 11 July 2013: Teaching Islam to children a crime, raids and large fines continue
- 10 July 2013: Orthodox relics block Jehovah's Witness meeting
- 9 July 2013: Constitutional Court justifies more freedom of religion or belief restrictions
- 4 July 2013: Will police protect Muslim prayers from mobs?
- 2 July 2013: Praying in homeless shelter a crime
- 28 June 2013: Conscientious objectors amnestied, imam and driver not freed
- 25 June 2013: Extradited and given 12 years' imprisonment
- 24 June 2013: Eight readers of Islamic theologian arrested
- 20 June 2013: Readers of Islamic theologian under house arrest, travel bans
- 18 June 2013: Imams' defence rejected "for contradicting prosecution"
- 14 June 2013: Raids and fines restart, eviction again suspended for now
- 12 June 2013: Criminal trial for atheist writer imminent, pastor still in prison, new criminal case
- 10 June 2013: "Double punishment" of fines and exit bans
- 6 June 2013: New legal amendments to end conscientious objector jailings?
- 30 May 2013: Officials "acted like bandits"
- 29 May 2013: Government checks on religious organisations seek "extremism"
- 28 May 2013: Mixed response to sweeping government checks
- 23 May 2013: Raids, deportation, visa denial, Government denies UPR complaints
- 22 May 2013: Why were hundreds of religious organisations checked?
- 21 May 2013: Criminal conviction, fines for meeting at home and carrying Bible
- 20 May 2013: Pentecostal jailed for 2 months pre-trial, Baptist gets 3-days jail, atheist still in psychiatric hospital
- 17 May 2013: Lebap Region raids, confiscations, fines and public vilification
- 15 May 2013: Tight state controls on religious education
- 14 May 2013: Imam and driver in pre-trial detention, conscientious objector imprisoned
- 8 May 2013: Why was Muslim prisoner of conscience extradited to Uzbekistan?
- 7 May 2013: Continuing denials of prisoners' freedom of religion or belief
- 6 May 2013: Freedom of religion and belief to suffer in "anti-extremism" programme?
- 2 May 2013: Harsh fines cancelled, banned books list publication soon?
- 1 May 2013: Devout Muslim "may receive up to 15 years" in jail
- 26 April 2013: Religious free speech "doesn't exist"
- 22 April 2013: Four raids, heart attack, eight fines – amid President's claims of religious freedom
- 18 April 2013: Imprisoned atheist mad, bad, or neither?
- 16 April 2013: "He needs local state permission to preach"
- 12 April 2013: "All believers are backward-looking fanatics who drag society down"
- 11 April 2013: "Unbelievable" fines after no trial and raid with no warrant
- 10 April 2013: Never too old to be fined
- 8 April 2013: Eight raids, two official warnings in three months
- 4 April 2013: Heavy fines follow police raids and confiscations
- 2 April 2013: Criminal prosecutions to punish registration applications?
- 27 March 2013: Is "negative evaluation of Christianity" a crime?
- 25 March 2013: Ninth imprisoned conscientious objector
- 22 March 2013: Religious political party members fined for religious activity
- 21 March 2013: Familiar twist in anti-Jehovah's Witness campaign
- 18 March 2013: Religious freedom fines multiply – criminal penalties to come?
- 14 March 2013: Court-ordered religious book burning a first?
- 11 March 2013: Extradition overturned, but new charges and transfer to prison close to Uzbekistan
- 5 March 2013: What's the matter with Said Nursi?
- 4 March 2013: The new Constitution and the headscarf – a selective freedom?
- 1 March 2013: "If they continue to pray, they'll be brought to legal responsibility"
- 28 February 2013: Contradictions in "extremism" case against imams
- 27 February 2013: "Extremism" trial of imams resumes
- 26 February 2013: Will international law protect Uzbek imam from extradition?
- 25 February 2013: Government changes Islamic leadership again
- 21 February 2013: Bookshop censorship, ban on all non-Hanafi Sunni Muslim literature
- 19 February 2013: Criminal charges to follow armed Tatarstan raids?
- 18 February 2013: Four new conscientious objector prisoners of conscience
- 14 February 2013: Raid, two-day detentions, torture, rape threat, fines
- 7 February 2013: Should religious freedom be a "core interest"?
- 6 February 2013: Imam still faces extradition to Uzbek torture
- 5 February 2013: "To counter manifestations of religious extremism and terrorism"
- 31 January 2013: Raids, criminal charges and Christmas Bible destruction
- 30 January 2013: Religious freedom survey, January 2013
- 28 January 2013: Extradition "would violate our international human rights obligations"
- 25 January 2013: "Protect us from officials' lawlessness"
- 22 January 2013: Seven large fines for "illegal missionary activity" – so far
- 17 January 2013: No legal place of worship for 40,000-strong town
- 16 January 2013: Accountability for raiders through Baku and Strasbourg courts?
- 10 January 2013: Alternative Service Law "earliest by summer 2014"?
- 8 January 2013: NSC secret police behind "needed" new religious freedom punishments
- 3 January 2013: Reduced state harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses?
- 2 January 2013: Is anti-Jehovah's Witness campaign slowing?
- 20 December 2012: Muslim prisoners of consciences' appeals rejected, Christians warned against sharing beliefs and international contacts
- 19 December 2012: Religion Law changes being done "democratically"
- 17 December 2012: Singing and reading Bibles on holiday prosecuted
- 14 December 2012: Why is Falun Gong literature banned?
- 13 December 2012: Censorship amendments to Religion Law signed
- 11 December 2012: Mosques and churches forcibly closed
- 10 December 2012: China-led restrictions on Falun Gong
- 7 December 2012: "There can be no Tatar, Chechen or Tajik mosques"
- 5 December 2012: Government "did the right thing" in allowing wanted Uzbek pastor to leave
- 5 December 2012: Last minute reprieve for charismatic church
- 4 December 2012: Expectations of the new Constitution and what this means for freedom of religion or belief
- 3 December 2012: Two new imprisonments as Strasbourg again fines government
- 29 November 2012: Fined for discussing their faith and praying together
- 28 November 2012: One week left for charismatic church?
- 26 November 2012: Weibo and advancing freedom of religion or belief
- 23 November 2012: Jailed for discussing their faith and learning to pray
- 22 November 2012: Muslim Board Islamic monopoly, Catholic exemption
- 21 November 2012: "Complex", "arbitrary", "unnecessary" and "expensive" re-registration process
- 15 November 2012: "They simply prayed together"
- 12 November 2012: Censorship "to create an environment of freedom of conscience"
- 9 November 2012: Former prisoners of consciences' homes raided, literature confiscated
- 6 November 2012: Religious freedom "the only viable option for consolidating Russia's extraordinary diversity"
- 5 November 2012: "What difference does it make whether you are registered or not?"
- 1 November 2012: "The Kremlin's failure to uphold its own constitutional commitment to religious freedom"
- 31 October 2012: Continuing haj restrictions, increasing raids on Christians, religious freedom prisoners of conscience remain jailed
- 29 October 2012: 15 years' jail for UNHCR-recognised refugee if deportation to Uzbekistan proceeds?
- 25 October 2012: Is confiscating religious literature censorship?
- 24 October 2012: Pressure on founders to deny re-registration?
- 23 October 2012: Government blames "errors" for negative Venice Commission/OSCE Opinion
- 19 October 2012: Criminal investigation, "hallucinogenic" Communion wine, "extremist" books?
- 16 October 2012: One conscientious objector jailed, others called up
- 15 October 2012: Pussy Riot, blasphemy, and freedom of religion or belief
- 11 October 2012: Article 20.29 causes 60-day community ban, fines, and bookshop closure
- 10 October 2012: "The crime he is being accused of does not envisage the existence of victims"
- 5 October 2012: "Illegal extremists" or peaceful Muslims?
- 3 October 2012: No more mosques outside "Muslim areas"?
- 2 October 2012: Multiple fines for unregistered worship meeting
- 27 September 2012: Raids, fines, exit denial, bloodied hands
- 26 September 2012: No more mosques for Moscow?
- 24 September 2012: 74-year-old woman among latest police raid victims
- 20 September 2012: Jailings of conscientious objectors resume
- 18 September 2012: "Leave only one spoon, one mug and one mattress for each"
- 17 September 2012: "Sacred primary source of one of world's major religions" destroyed
- 13 September 2012: Raised penalties for demonstrations extended to worship
- 12 September 2012: The marketisation of religious sites
- 11 September 2012: Raid, beating, literature destruction – but fine annulled
- 10 September 2012: Fears over latest Uzbek extradition case
- 6 September 2012: Shock at Moscow church demolition
- 5 September 2012: Upsurge in raids, threats, fines
- 30 August 2012: One month in prison, another to follow
- 28 August 2012: Further administrative penalties punish religious activity
- 22 August 2012: How far will new Constitution protect freedom of religion or belief?
- 17 August 2012: Another conscientious objector prisoner of conscience
- 14 August 2012: Asphyxiation with a gas mask "amounts to torture"
- 13 August 2012: "Unlawful" fine – but will state do anything about it?
- 10 August 2012: Ramadan mosque bans, JW jailed, Church ban upheld
- 6 August 2012: "It is prohibited to keep such books at home"
- 1 August 2012: More "extremist" books to be banned?
- 31 July 2012: "A completely innocent person can be subjected to criminal prosecution"
- 30 July 2012: "Absurd bans"
- 25 July 2012: Two women deported for exercising religious freedom
- 23 July 2012: "Extremism" religious freedom survey, July 2012
- 20 July 2012: Two plus three equals five
- 19 July 2012: Religious freedom survey, July 2012
- 18 July 2012: New literature controls not "formally" about censorship
- 12 July 2012: Changing climate for religious NGOs?
- 11 July 2012: "They were praying where they weren't allowed"
- 6 July 2012: Prosecutor General preparing new banning suit
- 4 July 2012: After four years' imprisonment, another 30 months
- 29 June 2012: Tightened censorship from September?
- 28 June 2012: Not arrested, merely detained
- 27 June 2012: Non-existent offences prosecuted
- 19 June 2012: "An attempt to revive total ideological control"
- 15 June 2012: "We need to protect the rights of the majority"
- 13 June 2012: Religious groups, expectations of the new Constitution, and the AKP
- 11 June 2012: Imminent expulsion for exercising religious freedom?
- 6 June 2012: Many long "extremism" trials, few convictions
- 30 May 2012: "The Church will be closed down anyway"
- 29 May 2012: Police raid and charge "people in strange clothes"
- 28 May 2012: Prisoner of conscience freed, but remains under restrictions
- 22 May 2012: Baptist convicted on evidence "fabricated" by police
- 21 May 2012: The media, popular opinion and religious freedom
- 18 May 2012: "No-one was raided"
- 17 May 2012: Another prisoner of conscience jailed on false charges?
- 16 May 2012: "Suddenly this case comes and they are regarded as law-breakers"
- 15 May 2012: No religious burials for executed prisoners
- 9 May 2012: An "unsanctioned meeting in a private home" - with a bomb?
- 8 May 2012: How many religious books await compulsory state censorship?
- 4 May 2012: "I'm not going to the army"
- 1 May 2012: Selective progress on conscientious objection
- 30 April 2012: Restrictions on and punishment for spreading religious literature and faith
- 26 April 2012: Court liquidates Church
- 25 April 2012: Waiting for state approval to sell religious books
- 24 April 2012: Ahmadi Muslims closed down everywhere, Methodist congregation next?
- 18 April 2012: Maximum prison sentence for latest conscientious objector
- 17 April 2012: Religious freedom survey, April 2012
- 13 April 2012: Judge "has already decided in her own mind to liquidate us" ?
- 11 April 2012: Continuing freedom of movement bans
- 4 April 2012: Regional targeting of religious "sects"
- 30 March 2012: 12 April liquidation for Baku church?
- 28 March 2012: "They broke the law and have to answer before the courts"
- 27 March 2012: Four fines for Bibles, prisoner transferred
- 26 March 2012: Psychiatric examination, lawyer gagged, car tampering
- 21 March 2012: "I've never encountered the practice of destroying religious literature before"
- 20 March 2012: A post-Communist managerial state and freedom of religion or belief
- 19 March 2012: Religious literature only for "internal use by registered religious organisations"
- 16 March 2012: Islamic and Christian literature ordered destroyed
- 15 March 2012: Raids continue, liquidation case adjourned
- 13 March 2012: "Illegal liquidation"
- 8 March 2012: Religious freedom survey, March 2012
- 5 March 2012: One "extremism" criminal trial ends, others continue
- 1 March 2012: Kaliningrad Muslim "extremist" ?
- 29 February 2012: "Illegal use" of property, meetings for worship stopped, independent mosque pressured
- 27 February 2012: Raids, threats, warnings for religious meetings
- 22 February 2012: Small religious communities "banned under new Law"
- 21 February 2012: Why is state Financial Investigation Committee investigating a priest?
- 20 February 2012: Pastor freed, other religious prisoners of conscience remain jailed
- 16 February 2012: "Show trial" for conscientious objector
- 15 February 2012: "Denigrating religious values" - A way to silence critics of religion?
- 14 February 2012: First known use of harsh new punishments
- 13 February 2012: "We treat everybody equally"
- 10 February 2012: Renounce your beliefs or you won't be released
- 8 February 2012: Is publishing religious poetry a crime?
- 6 February 2012: Mosque raided, worshippers detained without trial, imams removed and fined, sermons banned
- 1 February 2012: After Strasbourg punishment, will government resolve alternative service issue "for ever"?
- 25 January 2012: Four-year prison sentence after "secret trial"
- 24 January 2012: "I don't care about the law or your rights"
- 20 January 2012: Prisoner of conscience freed but not exonerated
- 18 January 2012: "We have not been able to pray and worship together"
- 17 January 2012: Conscientious objector jailed for 30 months
- 16 January 2012: "Against the Constitution and discriminatory"
- 12 January 2012: Appeal to be freed from jail due, but criminal prosecutions continue
- 10 January 2012: One acquittal, but the same day trial of two more begins
- 5 January 2012: Has "madness" of banning religious publications been stopped?
- 22 December 2011: "Without registration you can't pray"
- 21 December 2011: "I received it from heaven"
- 19 December 2011: Promoting the "progressiveness" of the harsh new Religion Law
- 15 December 2011: Latest repressive laws signed by President
- 14 December 2011: Massive fines and warnings for meeting for worship
- 13 December 2011: Three fines, a 48-hour jail term, and a deportation
- 8 December 2011: Authorities try to stop children attending meetings for worship
- 7 December 2011: "The first phase of this work has been fully completed"
- 5 December 2011: Illegal prosecutions and punishments
- 2 December 2011: "This isn't about freedom of conscience or censorship"
- 30 November 2011: The new Constitution drafting process and freedom of religion or belief
- 29 November 2011: "The state doesn't interfere in religious communities' internal affairs"?
- 24 November 2011: New draft regulations outline official religious censorship
- 24 November 2011: "Inform on a daily basis between 2 pm and 4 pm"
- 23 November 2011: Not banned, merely "recommends refraining from inviting"
- 15 November 2011: "Those who initiated and adopted such laws will answer before Allah"
- 11 November 2011: Prison mosques, churches, and prayer rooms closed down
- 7 November 2011: New haj pilgrimage, same old restrictions
- 2 November 2011: Did authorities block Russian Patriarch's visit?
- 1 November 2011: Up to five years' imprisonment for uncensored religious literature?
- 28 October 2011: Fined for meeting for worship
- 27 October 2011: "8 or 9 out of every 10 confiscated religious books are Muslim"
- 24 October 2011: Raids on meetings for worship increasing?
- 21 October 2011: Application to join Venice Commission on day laws violating human rights commitments signed
- 19 October 2011: Laws enforced although not yet in force
- 18 October 2011: "It's not a crime if believers worship in my house"
- 14 October 2011: New sentences, raids, criminal cases
- 13 October 2011: President signs two laws restricting freedom of religion or belief
- 10 October 2011: "How can a believer light a match to destroy holy books?"
- 7 October 2011: Creeping implementation of Parental Responsibility Law?
- 6 October 2011: What does Turkey's Restitution Decree mean?
- 5 October 2011: "We are a free country"
- 29 September 2011: Two repressive new laws sent to President for signature
- 27 September 2011: "A new wave of persecution has begun once more"
- 23 September 2011: Parliamentary adoption of restrictive laws imminent?
- 22 September 2011: Maximum sentence for latest conscientious objector
- 21 September 2011: Two repressive laws heading through Parliament at "unprecedented" speed
- 20 September 2011: "To prepare the public for a discriminatory new law"
- 16 September 2011: "They are not real Imams"
- 12 September 2011: "Unfortunately the judge did not agree with the prosecutor"
- 9 September 2011: Religious fines lead to travel bans
- 6 September 2011: New proposed legal restrictions on religion reach Parliament
- 5 September 2011: You're not going on a summer holiday
- 2 September 2011: New Religion Law to "bring order to our house"
- 1 September 2011: Expelled for preaching in own church
- 31 August 2011: "The fantasy of the special services"?
- 26 August 2011: More fines, physical abuse and religious literature destruction
- 25 August 2011: Victims to challenge "exorbitant" fines to Strasbourg?
- 23 August 2011: Changes in school religious education fail to resolve fundamental problems
- 16 August 2011: Ban on children in worship "once Ramadan is over"?
- 4 August 2011: "Inmates are afraid of exercising their religious freedom rights"
- 2 August 2011: "Spiritually rich and for freedom of conscience and religion" ?
- 28 July 2011: "One nation – one religion"?
- 27 July 2011: Warned for meeting without state permission, legal status applications still delayed
- 26 July 2011: Bayatyan – a European Court judgment with an impact far beyond Armenia
- 25 July 2011: Criminal cases against "unknown persons" lodged "to prevent lawyers 'meddling'"?
- 21 July 2011: "Religious activity is only banned up to the age of 18"
- 19 July 2011: "Extremism" prosecutions continue, but Supreme Court advises caution
- 14 July 2011: "A kind of theatrical farce - I see no progress"
- 12 July 2011: "It would have ended badly, for them and for us"
- 7 July 2011: European Court finds conscientious objector was wrongfully convicted and jailed – but what will government do?
- 5 July 2011: "Absurd" criminal charge for praying for the sick
- 4 July 2011: "Clergy access is something exceptional in pre-trial detention centres"
- 30 June 2011: 18-month prison term and heavy fine
- 29 June 2011: "One complex of measures against religious communities"
- 28 June 2011: "This is not the first time.."
- 27 June 2011: Can a new Constitution solve religious freedom problems?
- 24 June 2011: Jail terms overturned, but investigation continues
- 22 June 2011: Bans on children's religious activity, illegal meetings, and "extremist religious" teaching close?
- 21 June 2011: Muslim's appeal begins, Jehovah's Witness' second trial to begin
- 15 June 2011: Police beating, axe threat, beating threat
- 14 June 2011: Advancing Freedom of Religion or Belief: Agendas for Change
- 13 June 2011: "I'm the permission and the warrant"
- 8 June 2011: Communities to be forced to begin re-registration again?
- 7 June 2011: Ahmadi Muslim mosque closed, Protestants fined 100 times minimum monthly wage
- 6 June 2011: "The latest devious move to control religious communities"
- 26 May 2011: Ban on religious education abroad without state permission to be adopted soon?
- 25 May 2011: Restrictive Parental Responsibility Law to be adopted soon?
- 23 May 2011: Seven year sentences despite "fabricated evidence" and "procedural violations"
- 19 May 2011: Priest's visit "inexpedient" / Fresh Criminal Code Article 193-1 threat
- 18 May 2011: Police "did well" in Sumgait raids
- 13 May 2011: Another Sunni mosque disappears, heavy fines feared
- 12 May 2011: April was the cruellest month
- 6 May 2011: "Great political efforts are made"
- 4 May 2011: The Diyanet – the elephant in Turkey's religious freedom room?
- 29 April 2011: Eleven religious prisoners of conscience in one camp
- 20 April 2011: "The main problem – the Law on Extremism – remains"
- 19 April 2011: Raids and confiscations as state wants "religious organisations which will stay quiet" ?
- 15 April 2011: Police assault Baptist, Imams fired, gift to Children's Home a "violation"
- 13 April 2011: More raids and trials, pressure on lawyers, defendant forced to resign from job?
- 12 April 2011: "Sword of Damocles" hangs over religious booksellers
- 8 April 2011: Riot police versus worshippers
- 7 April 2011: Gaining legal status "a torturous process"
- 5 April 2011: "True believers aren't concerned"
- 31 March 2011: Punishments for worship meetings re-start
- 30 March 2011: Authorities "have the right" to raid unregistered worship
- 24 March 2011: Will Duma approve "anti-Constitutional" religious literature restrictions?
- 22 March 2011: "Anti-terror" raid on old people's home
- 17 March 2011: Religious freedom survey, March 2011
- 15 March 2011: "Legal" restrictions on parents' and children's religious freedom
- 11 March 2011: Literature import controls lifted for Orthodox - but not for others
- 9 March 2011: "Principles of mercy, justice and humanism" fail to free religious prisoners of conscience
- 2 March 2011: The right to have places of worship – a trapped right
- 1 March 2011: European Court of Human Rights "obviously ignored"
- 28 February 2011: "All talk about the Constitution and democracy is hypocrisy"
- 24 February 2011: Pastor prosecuted after journalists refuse to leave church
- 23 February 2011: More short-term prisoners of conscience
- 22 February 2011: Continued defiance of UN and Council of Europe
- 21 February 2011: Why a fine with no notice of a trial?
- 18 February 2011: "No need to import Bibles"?
- 16 February 2011: Schoolboy prayer ban leads to two-day prison sentence
- 14 February 2011: Why can't derelict church be relocated for worship?
- 11 February 2011: 17 hearings already, more to come
- 9 February 2011: "It's our secret"
- 7 February 2011: The fundamental problem and how it might be solved
- 4 February 2011: "It is, in my opinion, religious persecution"
- 3 February 2011: Prisoner of conscience "released but not free"
- 28 January 2011: "I don't know how these people are going to pay the fines"
- 26 January 2011: "There is no discrimination"?
- 25 January 2011: When is a mosque not a mosque?
- 24 January 2011: Pressure and punishments for worship without state permission increasing?
- 20 January 2011: "Why does the government keep pushing laws that get negative reviews?"
- 12 January 2011: Religious communities forced to pay for state human rights violations
- 11 January 2011: "Why should I ask the Government what books I can read?"
- 7 January 2011: "Massive" increased fines for exercising freedom of religion or belief
- 5 January 2011: Education should facilitate, not undermine, freedom of religion or belief
- 22 December 2010: "Ilmurad will pray and praise God at Christmas in the labour camp"
- 21 December 2010: Heavy sentences at further mass trial of Muslims
- 20 December 2010: Will government respond to OSCE call for Religion Law changes?
- 16 December 2010: "You don't need a licence to talk about chess or football, but you do about religion"
- 14 December 2010: Orthodox can get Catholic and Lutheran churches – but Catholics and Lutherans can't
- 10 December 2010: Harsher punishments for religious activity "a question of national security"?
- 8 December 2010: Growing concern over proposed legislative changes on religion
- 7 December 2010: 73 religious prisoners, but will proposed amendments help?
- 3 December 2010: Why should one small village have three mosques?
- 1 December 2010: City administration considered liquidation of religious community "necessary"
- 30 November 2010: First post-Soviet criminal trial of Jehovah's Witness "ludicrous"
- 26 November 2010: Scepticism that any new Administrative Code will end punishments for religious activity
- 25 November 2010: "It's not confiscation, it's temporary removal"
- 18 November 2010: Religious freedom survey, November 2010
- 15 November 2010: Authorities targeting IRP and Jehovah's Witness unregistered worship
- 11 November 2010: 'Forbidden Christ' and right to legally challenge warnings forbidden
- 10 November 2010: Bible school food fine, frozen church bank account
- 9 November 2010: Syriac Orthodox land - All people are equal, but some are less equal than others?
- 8 November 2010: "One thing shines through from this sordid tale.."
- 4 November 2010: Ethnic-based mosques "cannot be opened"
- 1 November 2010: "A religiously tolerant country"?
- 29 October 2010: Presenting Islam as "the true faith" = extremism?
- 26 October 2010: "Anti-terror" raid on Protestant worship, beatings, and fines
- 25 October 2010: Massive fine for having a film of Jesus' life
- 21 October 2010: "They didn't even allow him to kiss me"
- 19 October 2010: Why can't all Muslims make haj pilgrimage?
- 18 October 2010: Protestant pastor's trial set for 21 October
- 14 October 2010: "Mosques cannot be independent"
- 12 October 2010: Executed prisoner denied religious burial
- 8 October 2010: Time to end state recording of individuals' religious affiliation
- 4 October 2010: Amid new sentences, new law fails to introduce alternative civilian service
- 1 October 2010: Government "trying to force all foreign religious believers out of the country"?
- 30 September 2010: Ruling party's "ideological preparation" for harsh new Religion Law?
- 24 September 2010: "Women can't study there"
- 23 September 2010: Three years in labour camp "not a severe punishment"
- 22 September 2010: Will Russia extradite reader of Muslim theologian to Uzbekistan?
- 16 September 2010: "I was only obeying orders"
- 15 September 2010: Nine month jail term for conscientious objector
- 10 September 2010: Appeal for imprisoned pastor
- 8 September 2010: Proposed new Administrative Code to be reworked, existing penalties remain
- 7 September 2010: Congresses disrupted, website blocked
- 3 September 2010: Officials choose Ramadan to impose controls
- 2 September 2010: "Your children will become extremists and terrorists"
- 1 September 2010: No re-registration, no building – no worship
- 30 August 2010: Five years' imprisonment for arrested Protestant pastor?
- 26 August 2010: First criminal charges against Jehovah's Witnesses, Nursi reader sentenced
- 18 August 2010: "The Court decided so"
- 12 August 2010: "A plan of organisational and operational search measures"
- 11 August 2010: Why state interference in the election of Chief Rabbi, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Patriarchs?
- 5 August 2010: "We are bandits"
- 4 August 2010: Jehovah's Witness war veteran prosecuted for extremism
- 3 August 2010: "The Constitution is only a scrap of paper for the Turkmen authorities"
- 2 August 2010: Baptist and Jehovah's Witness worship services raided
- 30 July 2010: "Appropriate permission is needed"
- 29 July 2010: Another massive fine, right to worship on own property denied
- 27 July 2010: Traffic Police start searches for religious literature
- 26 July 2010: Outdoor activity harassed, banned and violently attacked
- 19 July 2010: RUSSIA: Art curators' verdict not isolated instance – this is a system
- 14 July 2010: Two further short-term jailings, while raids and fines continue
- 12 July 2010: Will Jehovah's Witness and Armenian-rite Catholic court victories be respected?
- 8 July 2010: More Muslims jailed, what chance of appeals by Muslim and Christian prisoners of conscience?
- 7 July 2010: Pre-trial detentions of Muslim and Jehovah's Witnesses
- 1 July 2010: One year in prison for refusing military oath
- 29 June 2010: Will proposed new Alternative Service Law respect conscientious objections?
- 28 June 2010: Contradictory court rulings for conscientious objectors
- 24 June 2010: Parliament to go against international human rights commitments?
- 23 June 2010: Is unregistered religious activity extremism, separatism or terrorism?
- 18 June 2010: Textbook "propagandises intolerance, so it should be banned for use in schools"
- 15 June 2010: Samarkand – city of closed Protestant churches
- 7 June 2010: Ghostlike existence for Dagestan's Protestants
- 4 June 2010: Muslims jailed, lawyers, church and Christian former prisoners of conscience threatened
- 3 June 2010: Dagestan's religious freedom policy changing?
- 2 June 2010: Dagestan's controls on Islamic education
- 1 June 2010: "I'm depoliticised"
- 27 May 2010: Another mosque threatened, two others reprieved – for now?
- 26 May 2010: Dagestan's controls on Islamic literature
- 25 May 2010: Dagestan's Sufi monopoly
- 24 May 2010: Jailed conscientious objectors punished again
- 20 May 2010: Nakhichevan - "No trial – they were just held"
- 19 May 2010: Jail terms and massive fines – but for what crimes?
- 18 May 2010: 15-day jail terms, large fines, literature destruction follow raid
- 17 May 2010: Large raid and almost immediate trial starts against registered church
- 11 May 2010: "Unpleasantness with the law" for worshipping?
- 10 May 2010: Roadblocks around trial, more Nursi readers arrested
- 7 May 2010: Will appeals to re-open mosques succeed?
- 5 May 2010: Does Dagestan need its anti-Wahhabi law?
- 4 May 2010: Muslim community leader kidnapped by Dagestan authorities?
- 29 April 2010: Three short-term jail sentences for prisoners of conscience
- 27 April 2010: "We are getting ready for war and we need our nation to be united"
- 26 April 2010: Muslims jailed long-term, short-term Christian jailings re-start
- 23 April 2010: Raids, fines, more raids, more fines
- 22 April 2010: What criminal trials do and don't reveal
- 21 April 2010: Feeding homeless people is "not according to charter"
- 16 April 2010: "Restore religious freedom at least to the level we had before Bakiev"
- 15 April 2010: Officials insist unregistered activity "illegal"
- 9 April 2010: Administrative Code changes, but fines continue
- 7 April 2010: Official denies "unprofessional work" over re-registration denials and delays
- 1 April 2010: Criminal records for religious activity
- 31 March 2010: "Struggle against religious extremism must be carried out on all fronts"
- 25 March 2010: Who initiated anti-Jehovah's Witness and anti-Nursi campaigns?
- 23 March 2010: Lutheran extremists?
- 22 March 2010: Raids, literature confiscations and criminal case in Tambov
- 17 March 2010: Conscientious objection a test of Turkish religious freedom
- 16 March 2010: Internet censorship continues
- 15 March 2010: Baptists fined 100 times minimum monthly salary
- 12 March 2010: "Distributing religious literature without state permission"
- 11 March 2010: Ten year sentence for "honest Christian"
- 9 March 2010: Muslims and Jehovah's Witness tried, praying prisoner "committed suicide"
- 5 March 2010: Illegal religious literature seizures
- 4 March 2010: Criminal charges against readers of religious literature
- 26 February 2010: Back to the future for Jehovah's Witnesses?
- 25 February 2010: Raids, fines, detentions, and another birth certificate denial
- 24 February 2010: Threats, raids and violence against religious believers
- 23 February 2010: Three more readers of Muslim theologian detained
- 22 February 2010: Baptists forced to pay massive fines, "taxes" and removed from posts
- 17 February 2010: Sports journalist arrested for religious activity
- 16 February 2010: Two more foreigners deported for religious activity
- 12 February 2010: Work not even begun on new Religion Law
- 10 February 2010: Government proposes retaining punishments for exercising religious freedom
- 9 February 2010: Drugs planted and worshippers beaten up?
- 8 February 2010: Women's prayers lead to massive fine – and more?
- 3 February 2010: Sentences on conscientious objectors a "state secret"?
- 2 February 2010: Exit bans, haj ban, visa denials part of state religious isolation policy
- 1 February 2010: Conscientious objector jailed
- 1 February 2010: Worship without state registration "illegal"
- 28 January 2010: Muslims raided, more Jehovah's Witness literature banned
- 27 January 2010: Crackdown on devout Muslims continues
- 26 January 2010: Raids "as if we are terrorists" on Muslims
- 21 January 2010: Nakhichevan authorities crack down on Ashura commemorations
- 18 January 2010: Alternative Service Law withdrawn as prisoner awaits trial
- 15 January 2010: Supreme Court ban on Jehovah's Witnesses begins to bite
- 14 January 2010: Illegal Christmas as unregistered religious activity punished
- 6 January 2010: "We don't have such persecution here. We're absolutely democratic"
- 5 January 2010: Two Catholic parish priests banned from religious activity
- 23 December 2009: "There is no persecution in Kazakhstan"
- 22 December 2009: "The authorities are already preparing to destroy the mosque"
- 21 December 2009: Restrictions imposed as registration deadline approaches
- 17 December 2009: Religious freedom survey, December 2009
- 15 December 2009: Jehovah's Witness claims police beating, interrogation and strip-search
- 10 December 2009: More than half of religious communities to be "illegal"?
- 8 December 2009: 34 Jehovah's Witness publications and one congregation banned
- 7 December 2009: State close to removing Baptist leadership
- 7 December 2009: What do Maldivians understand freedom of religion or belief to be?
- 3 December 2009: Officials deny Alternative Service commitment, as victim challenges sentence
- 2 December 2009: Court bans Baptist church
- 1 December 2009: "I could now be deported at any time"
- 27 November 2009: Religious freedom survey, November 2009
- 23 November 2009: Proposed missionary restrictions - a paper tiger?
- 19 November 2009: The European Court of Human Rights - Out of step on conscientious objection
- 18 November 2009: Repression of Muslim and Christian religious activity continues
- 13 November 2009: Legal status applications almost impossible
- 11 November 2009: "We have Orthodox, Catholics and Muslims – all the others are sects"
- 6 November 2009: Why is new Religious Education Law being hurried?
- 5 November 2009: "They can meet and pray to God, but the Law says they have to register"
- 3 November 2009: "If they violate the law by meeting together for religious purposes, they will be fined"
- 30 October 2009: "To prevent them from continuing their worship service"
- 29 October 2009: Fined 260 times monthly minimum wage each – and banned from leading religious communities?
- 27 October 2009: No progress on religious property in 2009
- 26 October 2009: "This is not persecution on religious grounds – the law demands this"
- 23 October 2009: Jehovah's Witnesses to be banned?
- 22 October 2009: Hopes for 2009 disappointed
- 20 October 2009: Prosecutions of conscientious objectors resume
- 19 October 2009: "They were not doing wrong – it's just our law"
- 15 October 2009: Did investigator fabricate evidence against Baptists?
- 13 October 2009: State officials' dual role as clergy to suppress freedom of religion or belief
- 8 October 2009: Restrictive laws recycled
- 6 October 2009: Why do the authorities want to close a rehabilitation centre?
- 2 October 2009: "You have the law, we have orders"
- 1 October 2009: Police chief deports local-born Baptist – with no documentation
- 30 September 2009: Two more Jehovah's Witness conscientious objectors imprisoned
- 29 September 2009: Officials who raid religious communities "merely fulfilling their duty"
- 28 September 2009: "It seems that reading the Bible together is now a criminal offence"
- 24 September 2009: "They can drink tea – that's not forbidden"
- 23 September 2009: Religious freedom survey, September 2009
- 22 September 2009: Freedom of religion and belief commitments to the end of December 2015
- 18 September 2009: Mosque closed four days before Ramadan ends
- 17 September 2009: Muslim and Christian worship attacked
- 14 September 2009: "They believe talking about their faith is not a crime"
- 11 September 2009: Jehovah's Witnesses deported, Baptist next
- 10 September 2009: Baptist leader and colleagues face up to three years' imprisonment
- 7 September 2009: New Law to introduce sweeping controls on religious education?
- 31 August 2009: Sentenced "only for practising religion outside the framework" of state-controlled Islam
- 31 August 2009: "The Administrative Code shouldn't punish the core practice of a faith"
- 27 August 2009: "Such preaching is prohibited by our law"
- 26 August 2009: Four 15-day prison sentences for regular, registered worship service
- 25 August 2009: Fines on religious activity continue as pastors complain to president of restrictions
- 24 August 2009: Authorities prepare again to expel New Life church from its own building
- 21 August 2009: Property obstacles used to stop registrations
- 19 August 2009: What will new "Coordinating Council on the Struggle Against Religious Extremism" do?
- 13 August 2009: "Don't meet for worship"
- 7 August 2009: Official discrimination continues
- 4 August 2009: Registration a weapon against freedom of religion or belief
- 31 July 2009: Sir Walter Scott & Ivan Turgenev sent for "religious expert analysis"
- 28 July 2009: "Joy" children's holiday camp attacked
- 23 July 2009: Jehovah's Witness lawyers deported for defending extremism cases?
- 22 July 2009: "The government doesn't want to give up control over religion"
- 17 July 2009: Prisoners' freedom of religion or belief denied
- 16 July 2009: Raids continue as doubts grow over Nursi ban
- 16 July 2009: Church fined for activity "not according to its statute"
- 15 July 2009: Foreign pastor banned from preaching, church warned it may be closed
- 10 July 2009: Anti-terror police, prosecutor, justice department and courts target church
- 9 July 2009: Any school of Islam, as long as it's Hanafi
- 8 July 2009: Detained and tortured for faith, Tatar Muslims claim
- 7 July 2009: Banned from meeting fellow-believers
- 2 July 2009: Will critical review halt restrictive Religion Law?
- 30 June 2009: Parliament approves latest Religion Law changes
- 26 June 2009: "Why shouldn't we bring order to this?"
- 25 June 2009: Muslim opposition to new Religion Law changes
- 24 June 2009: Places of worship confiscated with little compensation
- 23 June 2009: Almost no religious freedom for migrant workers
- 19 June 2009: Religion Law's worst impact is on Muslims
- 18 June 2009: Further repressive Religion Law changes target Muslims
- 16 June 2009: Government repeatedly acts against ECtHR judgements
- 12 June 2009: Muslims and Protestants are the latest official targets
- 11 June 2009: Religious freedom survey, June 2009
- 11 June 2009: Largest fine yet for unregistered religious activity
- 9 June 2009: Five days jail for unregistered worship
- 9 June 2009: Controversial new penalties for religious activity
- 8 June 2009: Enormous fines for religious activity continue
- 4 June 2009: Appeals by prisoners of conscience rejected
- 3 June 2009: Repressive new Religion Law and new punishments enter into force
- 2 June 2009: Conscientious objectors jailed
- 2 June 2009: Widespread protests at new "Inquisition"
- 28 May 2009: Crackdown follows new Religion Law
- 27 May 2009: Will restrictive provisions of new Religion Law be removed?
- 27 May 2009: Notorious "anti-cultists" on new "Inquisition"
- 26 May 2009: A new "Inquisition"
- 20 May 2009: Bible and Mel Gibson film banned in Karakalpakstan
- 15 May 2009: Why are around 93 Muslims being detained?
- 14 May 2009: Will Presidential Administration explain why it thinks amendments needed?
- 14 May 2009: Religion Law amendments contradict themselves
- 12 May 2009: "I want to know if I can import religious books"
- 11 May 2009: Old "offences" still used to punish current religious activity
- 8 May 2009: Will Religion Law be revised or not?
- 6 May 2009: Will revised Religion Law ban unregistered worship?
- 4 May 2009: "They can continue to pray, but not meet together for worship"
- 29 April 2009: More severe jail sentences for Muslim prisoners of conscience
- 28 April 2009: The battle with "religious extremism" - a return to past methods?
- 27 April 2009: How the battle with "religious extremism" began
- 24 April 2009: New trial, long prison terms, heavy fines and deportation
- 20 April 2009: Conscientious objector convicted as criminal
- 16 April 2009: What is the "Plan to Prevent the Spread of Religious Extremism"?
- 15 April 2009: 15-day jail term for teaching Baptist beliefs
- 8 April 2009: "Religious movements are trying to destabilise Uzbekistan"
- 7 April 2009: "We'll kick out anyone"
- 6 April 2009: Prisoners of conscience still held for their faith
- 3 April 2009: Latest religious property eviction, Religion Law enters force
- 2 April 2009: "We just need to make sure what they teach in their homes"
- 1 April 2009: "We have long been after you and now we've caught you!"
- 31 March 2009: Cleric takes part in police raid on religious community
- 30 March 2009: Ideology official targets rehabilitation programme
- 26 March 2009: President signs repressive Religion Law
- 26 March 2009: "Your reasoning does not correspond with reality"
- 24 March 2009: A "serious setback to the development of a modern, progressive and liberal Armenia"
- 19 March 2009: Drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre closed down
- 18 March 2009: Four Protestants jailed, three more detained in homelessness centre
- 17 March 2009: "This is not the end of the attempt to adopt such a law"
- 16 March 2009: "Your dead will not be buried"
- 13 March 2009: Nationwide strike at Jehovah's Witnesses
- 12 March 2009: "This Law will worsen the situation with religious liberties"
- 10 March 2009: Can authorities "separate the simple study of one's religion from extremist activity"?
- 6 March 2009: How many religious believers barred from travelling?
- 2 March 2009: Who should historical religious property belong to?
- 27 February 2009: "You call white black and black white"
- 26 February 2009: Governor orders church land grab
- 26 February 2009: Religious freedom survey, February 2009
- 24 February 2009: Literature censorship for export also?
- 20 February 2009: Who can gain legal status?
- 18 February 2009: Reform excludes freedom of religion or belief
- 17 February 2009: Muslims and Christians latest victims of religious literature crackdown
- 12 February 2009: "The current Religion Law is also unconstitutional"
- 12 February 2009: Pastor convicted not jailed, insists charges fabricated
- 11 February 2009: Danes deported for praying in church
- 10 February 2009: Unregistered Hare Krishna devotees and Protestants raided
- 9 February 2009: Two years' imprisonment for organising sharing of faith?
- 5 February 2009: Media intolerance "has one source: the KNB secret police"
- 4 February 2009: OSCE Legal Opinion seriously criticises draft Law
- 3 February 2009: "This is a highly dangerous precedent"
- 30 January 2009: The court hearing which never was?
- 29 January 2009: Government still keeps Mosque, Baptist church, and Georgian Orthodox churches closed
- 28 January 2009: Unregistered worship "illegal" - but under what law?
- 26 January 2009: Charismatic church's fight pushed back to square one
- 23 January 2009: Islamic school of thought banned
- 20 January 2009: "No rights to organise prayers"
- 16 January 2009: Banned "extremist" religious literature – who's next?
- 13 January 2009: President's signing of restrictive Religion Law condemned
- 12 January 2009: Children and parents threatened for attending places of worship
- 9 January 2009: Repressive actions continue, repressive law sent for review
- 7 January 2009: "The views of the parishioners are nothing to us"
- 5 January 2009: Repressive new Religion Law signed
- 23 December 2008: Four Catholic priests and three nuns banned
- 22 December 2008: Government attacks human rights defenders for criticising draft Law
- 19 December 2008: "We will wait until after the New Year, and then seize his property"
- 18 December 2008: Chill begins to bite for Moscow Pentecostals
- 18 December 2008: Who can and cannot conduct religious education?
- 17 December 2008: Restrictive President-backed Religion Law reaches Parliament
- 12 December 2008: Secret police raid, film and investigate believers
- 11 December 2008: Imprisonment of some 80 conscientious objectors "not a human rights issue"
- 9 December 2008: Why weren't violent church attackers convicted?
- 5 December 2008: State still stops Muslims making haj pilgrimage
- 4 December 2008: "The Law is like rubber"
- 3 December 2008: Violent attacks continuing, but mainly declining
- 28 November 2008: "Soon there won't be a single Baptist church in Lipetsk!"
- 26 November 2008: Restrictive amendments on religion go to President
- 25 November 2008: Fines, beatings, threats of rape and psychiatric incarceration
- 21 November 2008: Police "Struggle against Extremism, Separatism and Terrorism" - and restaurant meals
- 19 November 2008: Why can't believers freely enter, leave or remain in the country?
- 18 November 2008: New Law still in parliament and harshened
- 13 November 2008: New excuses for mosque closure, new raid on Jehovah's Witnesses
- 12 November 2008: 56 major religious organisations to be shut down?
- 6 November 2008: Restrictive Religion Law passes Parliament unanimously
- 6 November 2008: Pastor awaits trial hearing under house arrest
- 5 November 2008: Restrictive Law due for final parliamentary vote on Thursday
- 3 November 2008: Authorities "dragging out" Baptist pastor's trial and Baku mosque case
- 29 October 2008: "They want to imprison the leader and see the community fall apart"
- 28 October 2008: Community punishment, denial of registration and temple under threat
- 24 October 2008: Police search publisher of controversially banned Islamic book
- 23 October 2008: Seven Protestants in self-financed detention, imam sentenced
- 22 October 2008: Why was Protestant bishop deported?
- 21 October 2008: Turkish nationalism, Ergenekon, and denial of religious freedom
- 17 October 2008: State still deprives Muslims of mosque and Baptists of pastor
- 16 October 2008: Secrecy surrounds Religion Law before final parliamentary reading
- 15 October 2008: Religious freedom survey, October 2008
- 14 October 2008: New punishments for unapproved religious activity in controversial draft Law
- 10 October 2008: "Only the President can stop the demolition"
- 8 October 2008: Four religious communities reject government claims to OSCE
- 6 October 2008: Months in prison for leading unregistered worship?
- 3 October 2008: How simple is it to gain legal status?
- 2 October 2008: Restrictive proposed new Religion Law to parliament this month
- 1 October 2008: Religious freedom survey, October 2008
- 30 September 2008: Imams arrested and Protestant freed
- 29 September 2008: What restrictive legal changes will pass Senate "within days"?
- 25 September 2008: Christian music festival banned
- 24 September 2008: Religious freedom survey, September 2008
- 22 September 2008: Criminal trial for teaching religion to restart?
- 22 September 2008: Unregistered Baptists pressured
- 19 September 2008: Baptist prisoner of conscience and Muslim still jailed
- 18 September 2008: Muslims banned from praying outside mosques, Raids on Jehovah's Witnesses continue
- 18 September 2008: Orthodox complain of KGB intimidation at village funeral
- 11 September 2008: "Economic war" against believers continues
- 10 September 2008: Were religious organisations wrongly de-registered?
- 9 September 2008: Mass raids, fines and bans in South Kazakhstan Region
- 4 September 2008: "Of course" authorities won't defend Georgian monks and nuns
- 2 September 2008: Did Kabardino-Balkaria authorities stoke Islamist threat?
- 1 September 2008: Confiscation and destruction of religious property "with undue cause"?
- 28 August 2008: Did Kabardino-Balkaria authorities turn peaceful Muslims into terrorists?
- 27 August 2008: Threats and deportation "to stop us talking about God"
- 26 August 2008: Religious dispute fuels state oppression of Kabardino-Balkaria Muslims
- 22 August 2008: Kabardino-Balkaria Muslims still afraid
- 21 August 2008: Attacks, including violence, against religious minorities continue
- 21 August 2008: One Muslim's blighted life in Kabardino-Balkaria
- 20 August 2008: Nationwide religious property seizures continue
- 20 August 2008: Kabardino-Balkaria mosque-goers listed as extremist
- 19 August 2008: State persecution wrecked religious life, Kabardino-Balkaria Muslims claim
- 18 August 2008: Detained and tortured for faith, Kabardino-Balkaria Muslims claim
- 14 August 2008: Religious freedom survey, August 2008
- 8 August 2008: Legal status denials and unregistered activity fines continue
- 6 August 2008: The State Committee doesn't censor – it "merely checks" and bans literature
- 5 August 2008: Religious freedom survey, August 2008
- 31 July 2008: Will the state respect everyone's right to conscientious objection?
- 30 July 2008: Baptist pastor still in jail, prosecution given second chance
- 29 July 2008: Prisoner of conscience numbers increase
- 25 July 2008: Baptism banned, a fine and a threat for leading worship
- 23 July 2008: "Prosecutors very much want to sentence Hamid"
- 22 July 2008: Is mass disruption to Jehovah's Witness congresses coordinated?
- 17 July 2008: What evidence that banned Islamic books are extremist?
- 14 July 2008: Jehovah's Witness tracts feared harmful in asbestos town
- 14 July 2008: Fifteen year sentence for reading "prohibited" Christian literature?
- 11 July 2008: No "need" for Bibles?
- 10 July 2008: Where can the dead be buried?
- 7 July 2008: Imminent trial for Baptist pastor, final appeal for imprisoned Muslim
- 3 July 2008: "They are trying to close down our church with any excuse"
- 1 July 2008: "People have a right to know"
- 30 June 2008: "No new Religion Law," official states
- 30 June 2008: Reprieve for Methodist Sunday school – but for who else?
- 27 June 2008: Protestant in detention facing criminal charges, Baptists jailed for 10 days
- 25 June 2008: Government's Synagogue demolition ends Jewish worship, Protestant church next?
- 25 June 2008: Protestants reject government's religious hatred encouragement
- 23 June 2008: Highest fine yet for Baptists
- 21 June 2008: Shock at second Baptist pastor arrest
- 20 June 2008: Confidential files, "illegal" worship and expulsion
- 18 June 2008: Second raid this month on Jehovah's Witnesses
- 13 June 2008: "The government is trying to stir up Muslims against Christians"
- 12 June 2008: "Wasn't one prison term enough?"
- 10 June 2008: Restrictive draft Religion Law to reach full parliament tomorrow
- 9 June 2008: Beatings, rape threats and pressure to renounce faith
- 4 June 2008: "Even in Kazakhstan the Uzbek authorities will not let him live in peace"
- 2 June 2008: Mob, police and administration chief obstruct Christian boy's burial
- 30 May 2008: When is a raid not a raid?
- 29 May 2008: Are Turkish teachers, traditional pagans and Jehovah's Witnesses religious extremists?
- 29 May 2008: Raids, fines, literature confiscations, and police bullying of children
- 28 May 2008: Jailed Muslim teacher "completely innocent"
- 23 May 2008: More state media incitement of intolerance
- 22 May 2008: When is a "temporary" ban permanent?
- 22 May 2008: "We are reclaiming our history as a land of religious freedom"
- 15 May 2008: Last days for country's only synagogue?
- 14 May 2008: Conscientious objector prisoner freed
- 13 May 2008: Why can't all religious communities have places of worship?
- 12 May 2008: KGB pressure Orthodox not to venerate Soviet-era martyrs
- 8 May 2008: Still banned from worshipping in church
- 6 May 2008: "A Law on Non-Freedom of Conscience"
- 1 May 2008: Last Passover in Tashkent for Chief Rabbi?
- 30 April 2008: Alarm at state-backed planned new Religion Law
- 29 April 2008: Is a four-year sentence for religious activity too harsh?
- 29 April 2008: Official justifies rejection of religious freedom petition
- 25 April 2008: Growing threats to religious property
- 24 April 2008: Visa changes leave religious communities in uncertainty
- 23 April 2008: Only Georgian Orthodox priest expelled
- 23 April 2008: "Higher authorities" behind prosecutions of religious communities
- 18 April 2008: "It is our duty to check up on religious organisations"
- 15 April 2008: One year after Malatya murders, time to address the causes
- 14 April 2008: Baroque monastery to be luxury hotel - or returned to Catholics?
- 11 April 2008: Chief Rabbi faces expulsion
- 10 April 2008: Asking about religious freedom violations is "stupid"
- 9 April 2008: Eight years' imprisonment for "illegal" religious activity?
- 8 April 2008: Heavy sentences on Muslims "to discredit Islam and believers"?
- 2 April 2008: Religious freedom petition rejected as pressure on Protestants continues
- 31 March 2008: New Law fails to solve building problems
- 31 March 2008: New Religion Law perpetuates discrimination
- 28 March 2008: Large fines as official tells Baptists not to appeal to UN or OSCE
- 27 March 2008: Jailed religious conscientious objector must undergo "re-education"
- 26 March 2008: Methodist church dissolved for having Sunday school
- 20 March 2008: Political prisoners denied religious freedom
- 19 March 2008: Baptist pastor freed, second religious prisoner of conscience still jailed
- 17 March 2008: Physical assaults by police on Jehovah's Witnesses
- 13 March 2008: What difference does the latest Foundations Law make?
- 12 March 2008: Punishments and church closure
- 10 March 2008: Methodist church dissolved for minor bureaucratic slip
- 5 March 2008: Religious freedom petition delivered, but Protestant fines continue
- 4 March 2008: Repressive Decree withdrawn, but work on new Religion Law speeded up
- 28 February 2008: State investigates Methodists at Orthodox bishop's request
- 26 February 2008: Religious freedom survey, February 2008
- 25 February 2008: Are intrusive questionnaires "a simple formality"?
- 25 February 2008: Increased pressure to complete intrusive questionnaires
- 22 February 2008: New wave of raids on Baptists and Jehovah's Witnesses
- 20 February 2008: New controls on foreign religious workers
- 15 February 2008: Revival of state hostility to religious organisations fuels intrusive check-ups?
- 14 February 2008: What needs to change, the Religion Law or government actions?
- 14 February 2008: Charismatics targeted as would-be Orange Revolutionaries?
- 12 February 2008: Bureaucratic obstacles bar religious volunteers
- 8 February 2008: Renewed pressure on Baptists
- 7 February 2008: Renewed pressure on charismatics
- 7 February 2008: Why won't the authorities stop religious violence?
- 6 February 2008: Raid and beatings for "illegal" religious meeting – but police deny it
- 5 February 2008: How threatening are President Nazarbayev's comments?
- 1 February 2008: Islamic book promoting tolerance banned
- 31 January 2008: Will new Presidential Decree ban small religious communities?
- 30 January 2008: Secret police operation to close down entire denomination?
- 29 January 2008: President attacks freedom of thought, conscience and belief in Brussels and Moscow
- 28 January 2008: Were check-ups aimed at congregations or migrants?
- 22 January 2008: "People should not be jailed solely for their religious or conscientious behaviour"
- 21 January 2008: Old Believers use new media to demand religious freedom
- 18 January 2008: Fresh eviction threat and more media intolerance incitement
- 18 January 2008: Legal status possible "in 450-500 years"?
- 16 January 2008: Four religious minority members still serving criminal sentences
- 11 January 2008: "I don't write the laws, I just implement them"
- 10 January 2008: Another conscientious objector sentenced, another police raid
- 9 January 2008: Death threats and massive fines follow registration application
- 4 January 2008: Christmas expulsions of four Romanian Orthodox priests
- 20 December 2007: President initiates order to halt Pentecostal church's public worship
- 20 December 2007: Pastor threatened with jail for allowing children in church
- 19 December 2007: Haj pilgrims still strictly controlled and restricted
- 17 December 2007: "To pray to God they must have a registered place of worship"
- 14 December 2007: Haj pilgrimage promises still not honoured
- 13 December 2007: Fresh raids on moderate Turkish Muslim theologian readers
- 12 December 2007: "Ridiculous excuses" for denying legal status
- 10 December 2007: "If you meet again you'll be imprisoned," Adventists told
- 7 December 2007: Parish to "lose nothing" when veteran priest expelled?
- 4 December 2007: Baptist forced to leave homeland, mullah still held in psychiatric hospital?
- 3 December 2007: Building places of worship in Moscow still a struggle
- 30 November 2007: Two years' correctional labour for unregistered religious activity
- 29 November 2007: Will Moscow mayor help Molokans?
- 29 November 2007: What causes intolerance and violence?
- 27 November 2007: Why is a new Religion Law needed?
- 22 November 2007: Fined for harvest festival service in private yard
- 21 November 2007: "Prayer without state registration violates the Religion Law"
- 16 November 2007: Police threaten second pastor with jail
- 15 November 2007: Pentecostal and Muslim organisations dissolved
- 13 November 2007: Religious materials routinely confiscated at border
- 12 November 2007: Criminal trial tomorrow for Baptist leader
- 9 November 2007: Why were the activities of three religious organisations stopped?
- 8 November 2007: Baptist freed, Jehovah's Witness threatened with new sentence
- 5 November 2007: Even harsher Religion Law planned?
- 2 November 2007: State and former user fight over Hare Krishna farm
- 31 October 2007: Restrictive draft Religion Law proposed
- 30 October 2007: Threats to demolish churches and mosques continue
- 24 October 2007: Severe literature censorship continues
- 23 October 2007: Orthodox parish forced out of hospital church
- 19 October 2007: Did government order Orthodox diocese to split?
- 18 October 2007: Jehovah's Witnesses banned
- 17 October 2007: Car returned but not Christian magazines
- 12 October 2007: Police still hunt "wanted" Protestant
- 11 October 2007: Charismatic pastor warned for "illegal" worship
- 10 October 2007: Authorities demolish mosques, synagogue and churches under threat
- 9 October 2007: Four prisoners amnestied, one to be deported?
- 9 October 2007: Violence continues against religious communities
- 4 October 2007: Police deny knifepoint threat to Protestant
- 3 October 2007: Baptists "stunned" as court confirms Pastor's jail sentence
- 1 October 2007: How serious is official call to phase out foreign clergy?
- 28 September 2007: "The secret police's persecution by proxy"
- 27 September 2007: Top official says "no change" to harsh Religion Law
- 26 September 2007: 82 religious prisoners of conscience is new record
- 25 September 2007: Compulsory Orthodox lessons to continue, Belgorod official insists
- 25 September 2007: Patchy local provision of Orthodox culture classes
- 24 September 2007: Putin sounds final bell for Orthodox culture classes?
- 20 September 2007: No sermons, children or cars at Ramadan night prayers
- 17 September 2007: "Legal" repression of Protestants and Muslims continues
- 14 September 2007: Baptist fined for church family holiday
- 13 September 2007: Fifth Jehovah's Witness sentenced in three months
- 12 September 2007: Treason charges against Grace Church leaders?
- 6 September 2007: Imprisoned pastor's lawyer "optimistic" over appeal
- 5 September 2007: Spies and videotape
- 31 August 2007: Fifth conscientious objector to be prosecuted?
- 30 August 2007: Tashkent church to lose its building – and its legal status?
- 28 August 2007: Why was church subjected to 15-hour raid?
- 24 August 2007: Five years' imprisonment for hosting worship services?
- 21 August 2007: Entire community to be banned?
- 15 August 2007: Jehovah's Witness jailed, Baptist family threatened with deportation
- 14 August 2007: Arbitrary legal status denials continue
- 13 August 2007: Former Chief Mufti released, Baptist prisoner of conscience still in jail
- 9 August 2007: Two-year prison term for Baptist pastor
- 8 August 2007: Islamic extremists, real and imagined
- 6 August 2007: Will new Religion Law end arbitrary legal status denials?
- 3 August 2007: Religion Law again with President, but concerns remain
- 1 August 2007: European Court victory for Evangelical pastor
- 26 July 2007: Further sentences for religious conscientious objection feared
- 23 July 2007: Home confiscations to follow massive fines
- 20 July 2007: Jailing for religious conscientious objection starts again
- 20 July 2007: Old "offences" used to punish current religious activity
- 18 July 2007: Another Baptist deported to Russia
- 17 July 2007: Ideology official attempts to disband church camp
- 16 July 2007: 20 July trial of Pastor who led "illegal meetings"
- 12 July 2007: Did "thin" Pastor beat up five "strong" policemen?
- 11 July 2007: Officials deny harassing Muslim women's study group
- 11 July 2007: Tatar Muslim women fear purge following Said Nursi ban
- 10 July 2007: Dangerous consequences of intolerance of religious minorities
- 5 July 2007: Religious freedom campaigners detained
- 4 July 2007: Two Protestants receive ten-day prison terms
- 4 July 2007: Conscientious objectors detained for trial
- 3 July 2007: Baptist prisoner of conscience moved, another Baptist still held, a third Protestant still denied family reunification
- 2 July 2007: "Antidemocratic" draft Religion Law
- 2 July 2007: Draft Religion Law causes "deep anxiety"
- 28 June 2007: What chance for religious freedom in Turkey's elections?
- 27 June 2007: Pentecostal and Jehovah's Witness prisoners of conscience face harsh labour camp conditions
- 27 June 2007: Said Nursi ban brands moderate Muslims as extremist
- 26 June 2007: Crackdown on Protestants continues
- 22 June 2007: Baptist pastor still held on false charges
- 21 June 2007: Will fashion for Confucius retard religious freedom?
- 20 June 2007: Jehovah's Witness latest victim of "illegal" religious teaching charges
- 19 June 2007: Church closes because of official pressure
- 15 June 2007: More homes at Hare Krishna commune destroyed
- 13 June 2007: Jehovah's Witness beaten, tried and sentenced to labour camp
- 12 June 2007: Imprisoned pastor transferred to harsher camp
- 7 June 2007: "Oasis of religious accord" hands heavy fines to Jehovah's Witnesses
- 6 June 2007: KGB raid Moscow Patriarchate fellowship group
- 6 June 2007: "Tolerance" in Bucharest, Krishna temple ordered demolished in Almaty
- 5 June 2007: Three days' prison for Pentecostal pastor
- 4 June 2007: Arrested Baptist pastor to face three years in prison?
- 30 May 2007: Second deportation order and fine for Polish Pentecostal
- 30 May 2007: Protestants still barred from rebuilding premises
- 29 May 2007: Rented property still barred to Protestants
- 28 May 2007: Pentecostals raided at Pentecost
- 25 May 2007: "It seems the bad times are coming back"
- 24 May 2007: "We have our own norms"
- 22 May 2007: Baptist Pastor arrested / Another Protestant child denied birth certificate
- 22 May 2007: Second Baptist arrested in Turkmenbashi crackdown
- 21 May 2007: Government issues orders to religious communities
- 17 May 2007: Foreign Protestants expelled for "harming national security"
- 16 May 2007: Christians campaign to change harsh Religion Law
- 16 May 2007: Controversial Religion Law suddenly rushed through Parliament
- 14 May 2007: Baptist prisoner of conscience jailed for three years
- 11 May 2007: "Economic war" to crush Baptists?
- 10 May 2007: Protestant sentenced for "violating the procedure for teaching religion"
- 4 May 2007: Hare Krishna demolitions held off – for now
- 3 May 2007: Hare Krishna commune demolition to restart on Friday?
- 3 May 2007: Was imprisoned pastor forced to renounce appeal?
- 2 May 2007: 72 religious prisoners of conscience is new record
- 26 April 2007: Government still arbitrarily denying communities legal status
- 26 April 2007: Religious freedom survey, April 2007
- 23 April 2007: May trial for imprisoned Baptist leader?
- 20 April 2007: Protestants face prosecution, fines, raids, kidnapping and death threats
- 17 April 2007: Religious communities' new NGO Law reporting requirements
- 17 April 2007: Religious organisations' NGO Law financial accounting simplified
- 12 April 2007: China's Catholics, the Holy See and religious freedom
- 10 April 2007: Russian religious news website blocked
- 4 April 2007: Are Sakha Protestants' concerns "baseless and contrived"?
- 3 April 2007: Officially-inspired intolerance of religious freedom steps up
- 29 March 2007: Deportee faces criminal trial for "illegal" return
- 29 March 2007: Will Moscow Salvation Army's rights be restored?
- 27 March 2007: Pastor's verdict documents extensive state controls
- 23 March 2007: Pastor's re-education "impossible without isolation from society"
- 20 March 2007: Stalled Hare Krishna demolitions to take place "in five days"
- 20 March 2007: Hare Krishna demolition re-started – then halted by "person in a black Mercedes"
- 15 March 2007: "Absurd" property regulations extend to Catholics and Orthodox
- 13 March 2007: Three-day prison term for leading unregistered church
- 12 March 2007: When will legal foot-dragging end for charismatic church?
- 12 March 2007: Very slow official implementation of Restitution Law
- 9 March 2007: Internal exile for Protestant pastor
- 9 March 2007: Officials call for police to close embattled Baptist church
- 8 March 2007: Why does the government violate religious freedom?
- 8 March 2007: Government fined again by ECtHR for legal status denial
- 1 March 2007: Stalling tactics used to delay granting legal status?
- 28 February 2007: Imminent verdict for Protestant pastor
- 28 February 2007: Reports that US citizens deported for religious activity "a misunderstanding"
- 28 February 2007: "The fight against terrorism and religious groups without registration"
- 27 February 2007: Legal problems continue for Ahmadi Muslims and Alternative Orthodox
- 27 February 2007: Protestant Chaplaincy Association gains legal status
- 22 February 2007: Three Protestants await trial, but one freed
- 22 February 2007: Will Baptist prayer house closure threat be carried out?
- 21 February 2007: More planned restrictions on religious freedom
- 19 February 2007: Pentecostal teacher "forced to resign" after raid on house church
- 16 February 2007: Family concerned over imprisoned former Chief Mufti
- 16 February 2007: How many forced closures of religious communities?
- 15 February 2007: Government closes another Jehovah's Witness congregation
- 14 February 2007: Where is Kazakh visiting Pastor being held?
- 13 February 2007: "Religious Communists" and religious freedom
- 8 February 2007: Trial imminent for Andijan Pentecostal Pastor
- 8 February 2007: Will church and mosque demolition threats be carried out?
- 2 February 2007: Will draft new Religion Law end discrimination?
- 1 February 2007: Prosecutors refuse to say why Protestant pastor faces trial
- 31 January 2007: Do-it-yourself demolition for embattled Hare Krishna commune?
- 30 January 2007: President too busy with "important affairs" to meet Baptists
- 26 January 2007: New Religion Law to be passed in early February?
- 24 January 2007: Arbitrary legal status denials continue
- 18 January 2007: Religious freedom via Strasbourg, not Ankara or Brussels?
- 17 January 2007: Jehovah's Witnesses "very glad" about ECtHR victory
- 12 January 2007: Why were Catholic priests and nuns expelled?
- 9 January 2007: Biggest expulsion in eight years
- 3 January 2007: Controversial Law promulgated; legal challenges planned
- 27 December 2006: Raid on Jehovah's Witnesses deliberately timed?
- 22 December 2006: More Hare Krishna home demolitions planned?
- 21 December 2006: After Niyazov, what hope for religious freedom?
- 20 December 2006: Mixed state response to Catholic and Protestant protests
- 20 December 2006: Government attacks on Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses and Muslims continue
- 19 December 2006: Government tries to deny religious freedom reality
- 19 December 2006: Prime-time state TV incites intolerance of religious minorities and religious freedom
- 15 December 2006: Controversial Religion Law's passing violated parliamentary processes
- 14 December 2006: Religious freedom survey, December 2006
- 12 December 2006: Sudden secretive rush to adopt controversial Religion Law
- 12 December 2006: Foreign Baptist forced out for "illegal" bible discussion
- 8 December 2006: New threat to de-register partially demolished Hare Krishna community
- 7 December 2006: State bars haj pilgrims from pilgrimage
- 5 December 2006: State-imposed religious monopolies deny China's religious reality
- 4 December 2006: Simultaneously legal and illegal religious communities
- 1 December 2006: "This has nothing to do with religion" religious affairs official screams
- 29 November 2006: Faith-based political opposition emerges
- 28 November 2006: Legal status to be denied to religious-based associations?
- 28 November 2006: Despite official denials, religious freedom violations continue
- 27 November 2006: Court fines Baptists and burns Bibles
- 24 November 2006: Will rest of Hare Krishna commune now be destroyed?
- 22 November 2006: Pope Benedict XVI's visit and religious freedom
- 22 November 2006: Ahmadis barred "because it is against the religions that people follow here"
- 21 November 2006: State bulldozes Hare Krishna commune, bids to chair OSCE
- 17 November 2006: "The situation could turn out badly for the Krishna followers"
- 15 November 2006: Expelled for "missionary activity without registration"
- 15 November 2006: How likely are missionary restrictions?
- 14 November 2006: Will NGO regulations restrict religious communities?
- 14 November 2006: Punished for preaching in mosques
- 10 November 2006: Little justice yet for victims
- 9 November 2006: No guarantees for religious conscientious objectors
- 3 November 2006: Court to review charismatic church's case
- 2 November 2006: Systematic repression of Muslims since Andijan
- 31 October 2006: Lutheran communities, real and imagined
- 26 October 2006: Non-Moscow Patriarchate Orthodox pressured to withdraw registration signatures
- 25 October 2006: "Orchestrated reaction" against religious minorities' buildings
- 24 October 2006: Hare Krishna prisoner of conscience freed with restrictions
- 24 October 2006: More limits to religious freedom planned?
- 20 October 2006: Government to make U-turn on charismatic church?
- 19 October 2006: Will mob halt Assyrian Catholic centre?
- 18 October 2006: Foreign religious workers out?
- 16 October 2006: Sunday morning a favoured time for raids
- 12 October 2006: Will Salvation Army's European Court victory set a precedent?
- 11 October 2006: Sentenced for Wahhabism – or independence?
- 10 October 2006: Quantity of mercy constrained
- 6 October 2006: Charismatic church's "time has run out," official claims
- 3 October 2006: 12 Catholic priests and nuns face expulsion
- 3 October 2006: Reprieve for Catholic priest who celebrated unauthorised Mass
- 2 October 2006: More fines for Baptists
- 28 September 2006: Massive fine for "illegal" Baptisms
- 27 September 2006: Mob goes unpunished as intolerance of religious freedom rises
- 25 September 2006: Attacks continue on religious minorities
- 22 September 2006: "We are relying on God, not the courts"
- 20 September 2006: Religion law fails to tackle contentious legal status question
- 20 September 2006: "If they try to stop God one way, we'll try another"
- 18 September 2006: Uncertainty faces Baptist conscientious objector
- 11 September 2006: Would a religion law help promote religious freedom?
- 8 September 2006: How far does tolerance of religious minorities go?
- 6 September 2006: Protestants face guns, beatings, fines and deportation
- 5 September 2006: Then there was one
- 25 August 2006: Religious communities still face building problems
- 24 August 2006: Imam's killing seen as attack on independent Islam
- 23 August 2006: Xinjiang - Notices show religious activity restrictions
- 21 August 2006: Massive fines and jail proposed for sharing beliefs
- 17 August 2006: Police, officials and soldiers disrupt church family holiday
- 16 August 2006: The Economics of Religious Freedom
- 15 August 2006: Isolated Xinjiang religious minorities
- 15 August 2006: Xinjiang - Strict control of China's Uighur Muslims continues
- 14 August 2006: Religious minorities want religious freedom
- 14 August 2006: Why and how will Religion Law be amended?
- 10 August 2006: An Orthodox state?
- 9 August 2006: Religion Minister breaks his own law
- 8 August 2006: Anti-Protestant education policy persists
- 4 August 2006: Why are authorities summoning Orthodox priests?
- 3 August 2006: Government rejects UN criticism
- 2 August 2006: Intellectuals and religious freedom
- 1 August 2006: Is children's camp "normal" or "unsanitary"?
- 28 July 2006: Time running out for Minsk church
- 26 July 2006: Jehovah's Witness conscientious objector sentenced
- 26 July 2006: Little progress on religious freedom
- 20 July 2006: Crackdown continues against Muslims and Christians
- 18 July 2006: Religious intolerance in Central Asia
- 17 July 2006: Judge defends massive fines and jail sentence
- 17 July 2006: One Nation, one Orthodox Church?
- 14 July 2006: Crackdown on religious freedom continues
- 13 July 2006: To legally build a place of worship...
- 12 July 2006: New law to restrict religious freedom?
- 7 July 2006: Criminal trial resumes for Jehovah's Witness
- 6 July 2006: Religious books' tortuous route to the shelves
- 3 July 2006: Another Protestant faces criminal charges
- 29 June 2006: CENTRAL ASIA: Implementation the issue for OSCE – a survey
- 29 June 2006: Religious literature censorship tightened
- 23 June 2006: Another JW deportation, more pressure on Protestants and Muslims
- 20 June 2006: "Very real" threat of Protestant pastor's arrest
- 20 June 2006: Restitution Law passed
- 19 June 2006: Changes to draft Religion Law continue
- 16 June 2006: Property struggles of Protestants, Muslims and Hare Krishna devotees
- 14 June 2006: Religious activity leads to Baptist's deportation
- 13 June 2006: Religious activity in public life attacked
- 9 June 2006: Intrusive state registration and massive fine
- 8 June 2006: Council of Ulems – an instrument of state control
- 7 June 2006: Has controversial religion bill been postponed?
- 7 June 2006: Whose side are the police on?
- 2 June 2006: "International agreements are nothing to us"
- 1 June 2006: "Why register yet another group of believers?"
- 31 May 2006: Sharing faith in public – a fundamental right
- 31 May 2006: Official exit ban list confirmed
- 26 May 2006: "Divine freedom is given by God, but state freedom you have to pay for"
- 24 May 2006: Case against Minsk church stalled
- 24 May 2006: "What will registration give us?"
- 23 May 2006: Demolition of places of worship continues
- 23 May 2006: No changes to controversial Religion Law
- 19 May 2006: "We defend human rights"?
- 18 May 2006: Will southern Catholics win full rights to their churches?
- 18 May 2006: Sochi Muslims without Mosque, Catholics hope for Chapel
- 17 May 2006: Step forward for Salvation Army, backward for Pentecostals
- 15 May 2006: Devout Muslims or "Wahhabis"?
- 12 May 2006: Religious conscientious objector in jail
- 10 May 2006: One year on from Andijan
- 10 May 2006: Religious freedom survey, May 2006
- 9 May 2006: Are some more equal than others?
- 9 May 2006: Deported "for defending believers' rights"
- 5 May 2006: JW jailed, Protestants raided, children pressured to renounce Christianity
- 3 May 2006: Religious work visa respite?
- 2 May 2006: Can prisoners pray in labour camp?
- 28 April 2006: President signs controversial religion law
- 27 April 2006: Passover celebration banned for fear children might watch
- 26 April 2006: Farm confiscated, dachas to be bulldozed at Krishna commune
- 25 April 2006: "Uncanonical and diabolical schismatics shouldn't exist"
- 24 April 2006: Muslim human rights activist linked to Hizb ut-Tahrir?
- 21 April 2006: Religion law rushed through parliament
- 20 April 2006: Literary analyses key to Hizb ut-Tahrir convictions
- 19 April 2006: Only Hare Krishna commune in CIS to be confiscated
- 19 April 2006: Raids, detentions and rape threats on Jehovah's Witness' holy day
- 18 April 2006: "The state does not interfere in the activity of religious organisations"
- 18 April 2006: Muslims reject Hizb ut-Tahir membership charges
- 17 April 2006: Almost no one satisfied as religion bill reaches parliament
- 13 April 2006: Soviet-era Baptist prisoner again prosecuted
- 12 April 2006: Exiled imam denies links to arrested Tashkent Muslims
- 11 April 2006: Pressure against schoolgirls wearing hijabs
- 10 April 2006: Ban on Hizb ut-Tahrir not to be challenged?
- 10 April 2006: Division over Hizb ut-Tahrir
- 3 April 2006: Jailed Krishna devotee sent to labour camp
- 30 March 2006: Religious affairs chief defends repressive draft law
- 29 March 2006: Religious freedom non-existent, but much still unknown
- 29 March 2006: Massive fines for bishops charged as "impostors"?
- 27 March 2006: Religious freedom lawyer jailed
- 22 March 2006: Most repressive religion law in Central Asia drafted
- 22 March 2006: Will imprisoned Baptist face new sentence?
- 21 March 2006: Latest moves against Fergana Valley's Muslims
- 20 March 2006: Blocks to acquiring places of worship
- 17 March 2006: Religious freedom survey, March 2006
- 14 March 2006: Persecution continues throughout country
- 13 March 2006: Pastor freed from prison, but another to be jailed?
- 13 March 2006: Madrasa still closed; state registration to be compulsory?
- 10 March 2006: Mosque unable to invite back freed imam
- 8 March 2006: Despite new Regulations, religious policy still under strain
- 7 March 2006: New moves against Muslims in north
- 6 March 2006: Sentence reduction sees Serbian bishop freed
- 6 March 2006: Pastor imprisoned for leading home worship
- 3 March 2006: Why can't believers speak on social themes?
- 1 March 2006: Three-day Baptist detention while family awaits eviction
- 23 February 2006: Pressure mounts on two more Minsk Protestant churches
- 23 February 2006: Will new alternative service law end defiance of Council of Europe?
- 22 February 2006: Nearly 50 Jehovah's Witness and Molokan prisoners of conscience
- 22 February 2006: Demolition of country's only synagogue begins
- 20 February 2006: Official and unofficial challenges to Protestant property ownership
- 17 February 2006: Intolerance against Christians highlighted by murder
- 16 February 2006: Turkmenistan's fictitious religious freedom
- 15 February 2006: Controversial provisions in latest religion law draft
- 15 February 2006: Secrecy surrounds latest religion law's drafting
- 10 February 2006: Jailed Krishna devotee's appeal fails, but Jehovah's Witness freed
- 9 February 2006: A murder in Turkey, missionaries and Turkish-language books
- 8 February 2006: Muslim rivalry behind criminal charges?
- 2 February 2006: Assault arranged by authorities?
- 31 January 2006: Controversial religion bill goes to Chamber of Deputies
- 27 January 2006: Massive fine increases introduced
- 26 January 2006: Latest official harassment of Protestant students
- 25 January 2006: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan close doors to UN Special Rapporteur
- 19 January 2006: Official "religious hatred" towards non-Muslim faiths
- 19 January 2006: What are the roots of Turkey's attitude to religious freedom?
- 13 January 2006: Why were Catholic priests expelled?
- 11 January 2006: Senior Tashkent official denies "campaign" against religious believers
- 6 January 2006: Catholic priest expelled and pressure on Baptists mounts
- 6 January 2006: Baptists demand end to "persecution" of family
- 5 January 2006: Government severely restricts Haj numbers
- 22 December 2005: Year-end expulsions for two Catholic priests
- 21 December 2005: Is interrogation and banning activity just "we simply chatted to him as friends"?
- 20 December 2005: "People are being sentenced for their beliefs"
- 19 December 2005: JW held in psychiatric hospital and Baptists raided by Imam with officials
- 19 December 2005: Moscow Chief Rabbi returns, but expulsion explanations are contradictory
- 15 December 2005: President woos religious believers while worship restrictions continue
- 13 December 2005: Religious communities need fundamental reform of Constitution
- 12 December 2005: Why can't new non-Orthodox churches or mosques be built?
- 9 December 2005: Secret police ban church renting hall?
- 8 December 2005: Religious freedom survey, December 2005
- 7 December 2005: Minsk Charismatic Church loses property confiscation challenge
- 5 December 2005: Hare Krishna prisoner of conscience to be moved
- 1 December 2005: Mahalla and Mullah block Jehovah's Witness registration
- 30 November 2005: When can Moscow Chief Rabbi return?
- 25 November 2005: Religious minorities still second-class faiths?
- 24 November 2005: "Just silence" reply to UN deadline
- 23 November 2005: Baha'is and Baptists want confiscated property back
- 22 November 2005: "Rape these women," police chief orders
- 21 November 2005: Increased repression of religious minorities continues
- 18 November 2005: State losing its battle with religious believers?
- 17 November 2005: Hare Krishna devotee jailed for seven years
- 16 November 2005: Disturbing numbers of police raids on religious communities
- 15 November 2005: "Religious events should be in a house of worship, not on the street"
- 14 November 2005: When is postal censorship not postal censorship?
- 11 November 2005: All Protestants "face persecution, whether registered or not"
- 9 November 2005: Border guards ban believers from leaving
- 9 November 2005: Orthodox parish banned from worshipping
- 7 November 2005: We are breaking our Council of Europe commitments, official admits
- 4 November 2005: Will UN decision help religious communities?
- 3 November 2005: "If communities don't complain they will be suppressed even more"
- 1 November 2005: Selective obstruction of foreign religious workers
- 31 October 2005: Mosque visits and hijabs banned for children
- 27 October 2005: "Believers are not even allowed to visit each other"
- 25 October 2005: Family and mosque appeal for imam's freedom
- 25 October 2005: Third massive fine for organising religious worship
- 24 October 2005: More pressure against Islamic religious practise
- 20 October 2005: Uzbek claims and extremism law cause little change
- 19 October 2005: Wide-ranging extremism law not seen as threat
- 18 October 2005: Religious freedom survey, October 2005
- 14 October 2005: Continued state hostility to independent Muslims and Hare Krishna devotees
- 12 October 2005: Is there religious freedom in Turkey?
- 7 October 2005: Too much power for the state and recognised communities?
- 6 October 2005: Why was Moscow's Chief Rabbi deported?
- 6 October 2005: Concerns about draft religion law
- 4 October 2005: Did authorities crush Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia parish?
- 3 October 2005: Growing attempts to isolate religious groups from support
- 30 September 2005: Liquidated church pledges to continue services
- 29 September 2005: Trials without end for Serbian Orthodox?
- 29 September 2005: Xinjiang - Controls tighten on Muslims and Catholics
- 28 September 2005: Second massive fine for organising religious worship
- 27 September 2005: Why did military authorities close Protestant churches?
- 26 September 2005: Xinjiang - How long will arrested Sufi Muslims be held?
- 26 September 2005: Presbyterian church to be confiscated?
- 23 September 2005: New wave of Jehovah's Witness sentences begins
- 22 September 2005: False dawn for Minsk charismatic church
- 20 September 2005: Serbian bishop remains in prison as appeal fails
- 19 September 2005: Romanian priest to pay for official destruction of his church
- 16 September 2005: Massive fines, ban upheld and TV vilification for unregistered communities
- 15 September 2005: Draconian new restrictions on "home religious meetings"
- 15 September 2005: Banned church once again operating freely
- 14 September 2005: "Heavy pressure" forces postponement of first Macedonian Orthodox church
- 13 September 2005: Jehovah's Witness challenges 15 day imprisonment
- 12 September 2005: Minister bans "non-existent" Church from building church
- 9 September 2005: Stabbing, beatings, arson and slander against religious minorities
- 8 September 2005: Minister admits but downplays attacks on religious minorities
- 8 September 2005: Unregistered Protestants face fines for worship
- 7 September 2005: How many missionaries now denied visas?
- 6 September 2005: Court orders Christian literature destroyed
- 5 September 2005: Baptist conscript now imprisoned
- 1 September 2005: Is central or local government responsible for religious freedom violations?
- 1 September 2005: Minsk authorities to confiscate church land
- 30 August 2005: Who owns religious property?
- 25 August 2005: Repression continues in Andijan uprising's aftermath
- 24 August 2005: Growing obstruction to Protestant church property ownership
- 24 August 2005: Why can't all Christian bookshops sell Bibles?
- 23 August 2005: Attempts to suppress independent Muslims continue
- 19 August 2005: Growing restrictions on rental by Protestants
- 18 August 2005: Police claim "individuals can only believe alone"
- 16 August 2005: "Entry to the Republic of Uzbekistan closed"
- 16 August 2005: Police and fire inspector try to close JW Congress
- 13 August 2005: Forum 18 reporter officially deported
- 12 August 2005: International condemnation of Forum 18 reporter's detention grows
- 11 August 2005: Forum 18 reporter detained at Tashkent airport
- 10 August 2005: Increasing use of criminal law against Jehovah's Witnesses
- 4 August 2005: New "national security" law contradicts itself
- 3 August 2005: Altai officials prefer eyedrops and cattle to Catholics
- 2 August 2005: Are Baptists terrorists or organised criminals?
- 2 August 2005: When will Dalai Lama next visit Tuva?
- 29 July 2005: Police beat Baptist with Bible and threaten to hang her
- 28 July 2005: Eight sentenced for 2004 Mosque burning
- 28 July 2005: Protestant property obstacles continue
- 27 July 2005: Orthodox Archbishop jailed – without the Gospels
- 27 July 2005: Violence, arson and religious believers
- 26 July 2005: Government "should register Muslims", says OSCE
- 25 July 2005: What should Tuvan children believe?
- 22 July 2005: "Virtual catastrophe" for Muslim Theological Faculty
- 21 July 2005: Why are Muslim registration applications rejected?
- 20 July 2005: Religious minorities face increasing state pressure
- 20 July 2005: Methodist ordered to leave immediately "or there will be serious trouble"
- 19 July 2005: Charity worker faces secret police death threats
- 18 July 2005: Largest Tuvan Protestant church disbands to avoid liquidation
- 15 July 2005: Unregistered religious activity declared illegal, missionary activity restricted
- 14 July 2005: Three fundamental causes of persecution remain
- 14 July 2005: Tortured Pentecostal still in jail
- 13 July 2005: Suspended sentence for embattled Baptist conscript
- 12 July 2005: Police continue hunt for religious literature
- 11 July 2005: President attempts to meddle in Orthodox structures
- 11 July 2005: Court confirms all Protestants banned in north-west
- 8 July 2005: Orthodox pressure railway into cancelling JW congress
- 7 July 2005: Illegally deported Armenian JW conscientious objector jailed, no progress in Karabakh Baptist case
- 7 July 2005: Should the state remove "inconsistencies" in Muslim rituals?
- 6 July 2005: Vietnam's new religion regulations don't help religious freedom
- 5 July 2005: Further foot-dragging in mosque burning case
- 1 July 2005: Continuing concerns over religion law draft
- 28 June 2005: Protestant tortured by police trying to force abandonment of Christianity
- 27 June 2005: Religious NGOs still banned from registering
- 24 June 2005: Archbishop to be jailed for 18 months
- 23 June 2005: Breakdown of functioning government affects Protestants
- 22 June 2005: Contrasting situations of Moscow Jehovah's Witnesses and Salvation Army
- 21 June 2005: Police with hostile TV crew raid meeting
- 20 June 2005: Police ban Romanian Orthodox commemoration
- 17 June 2005: One imprisoned, one fined, six more to follow
- 16 June 2005: Official claims government control of Islam
- 16 June 2005: What is known about Akramia and the uprising?
- 15 June 2005: Worsening repression in uprising's aftermath
- 15 June 2005: State attempts to control religious leaderships
- 13 June 2005: Five-day prison for "illegally" demanding believers' rights
- 10 June 2005: "Same repressive measures" include bans on worship
- 9 June 2005: Increased attacks on religious minorities
- 9 June 2005: Changes to religion law?
- 8 June 2005: Why is state interfering in Orthodox dispute?
- 8 June 2005: Conference cancelled after pastor's visa denied
- 6 June 2005: Orthodox priest under "pressure" or "just an explanation"?
- 6 June 2005: State-sponsored local Muslim monopoly in St Petersburg?
- 2 June 2005: Protestants in north-west "illegal"
- 1 June 2005: CENTRAL ASIA: OSCE Conference on Intolerance regional survey
- 30 May 2005: People barred entry on religious grounds now free to appeal
- 30 May 2005: Officials enforcing Religion Law before it is passed
- 27 May 2005: Schoolchildren told prayer "causes death" and suicide bombers
- 26 May 2005: Religious freedom since 1905 – any progress in Russia?
- 25 May 2005: Georgian Orthodox priests incite mobs against religious minorities
- 24 May 2005: Legal improvements, but little practical improvement
- 23 May 2005: Religious crackdown follows Andijan crackdown
- 20 May 2005: Baptist faces two years jail or two years forced labour
- 19 May 2005: Pressure on Minsk charismatic church resumes
- 18 May 2005: National security suffers if religious freedom attacked
- 17 May 2005: Not illegal deportation, merely illegal removal
- 16 May 2005: Orthodox veto on new religion law?
- 13 May 2005: "Draconian amendments" approved by Majilis
- 12 May 2005: Autonomous congregations out in the cold
- 12 May 2005: Why was Protestant church ordered closed?
- 11 May 2005: Not liquidated, but unable to meet
- 11 May 2005: Officials "condone" kangaroo court punishments
- 5 May 2005: Russian hand behind Japanese monk's entry denial?
- 4 May 2005: Salvation Army officers denied entry "in the interests of state security"
- 3 May 2005: Parliament considers restrictions on freedom tomorrow; Baptist heavily fined and church activities banned
- 2 May 2005: Why no full TV broadcast of papal funeral and inauguration?
- 29 April 2005: Human rights commissioner defends religious freedom violations
- 26 April 2005: Official refuses to say why Jehovah's Witness meeting "illegal"
- 25 April 2005: Major Hare Krishna festival banned
- 25 April 2005: Has bulldozing threat to Baptist church receded?
- 22 April 2005: Will registration end harassment of religious communities?
- 22 April 2005: Why did police raid Pentecostal church?
- 20 April 2005: Religious freedom survey, April 2005
- 18 April 2005: Deported Lutheran bishop seeks early return
- 15 April 2005: Beating and 12 day imprisonment for Baptist soldier
- 14 April 2005: Unregistered religious groups
- 12 April 2005: Fears over planned sweeping new restrictions on religion
- 12 April 2005: Government bans religious freedom advocate from UN meeting
- 8 April 2005: Final warning for Minsk charismatic church?
- 7 April 2005: Baptist jailed and Bible to be destroyed for "illegal" religious meeting
- 5 April 2005: Continuing large-scale religious freedom violations
- 4 April 2005: Xinjiang - Apparent tolerance of religious belief, but with tight state controls
- 1 April 2005: Jehovah's Witnesses raided on most important religious commemoration
- 31 March 2005: Heavy fines for registered but "illegal" Baptist worship
- 30 March 2005: Will the state protect Muslim scholar from Muslim death threats?
- 30 March 2005: Old Believers struggle for their historic churches
- 28 March 2005: Xinjiang - No children in church, Catholics told
- 24 March 2005: Five days in prison, then pressured to renounce his faith
- 23 March 2005: Charismatic pastor fined for organising "illegal" worship
- 22 March 2005: Chinese pressure achieves Falun Gong deregistration
- 21 March 2005: New wave of Jehovah's Witness sentences
- 17 March 2005: Will confiscated Baptist literature again be burnt?
- 16 March 2005: No religious freedom without democracy: a lesson from "Orange Ukraine"
- 16 March 2005: Authorities cut electricity to charismatic church
- 15 March 2005: Guilty verdict ahead for Protestant dance teacher?
- 15 March 2005: Romanian Orthodox church threatened with demolition
- 1 March 2005: President's personality cult imposed on religious communities
- 28 February 2005: "What's the point of registering?"
- 25 February 2005: New extremism law "serious danger" to religious believers
- 25 February 2005: Increased jailing of Muslims for being Muslim
- 22 February 2005: No religion law means a "dangerous legal void"?
- 22 February 2005: "Inhuman" sentence on religious conscientious objector
- 21 February 2005: Charismatic Pastor charged with organising "illegal" worship
- 21 February 2005: Illegally kidnapped Muslim jailed
- 17 February 2005: More religious prisoners of conscience jailed
- 16 February 2005: Prisoner's wife freed – but why was she jailed?
- 16 February 2005: Registration denial leads to prosecution risk
- 15 February 2005: Frustration at latest unfounded allegations
- 15 February 2005: Saints and martyrs relics banned
- 14 February 2005: Religious freedom survey, February 2005
- 14 February 2005: Islamic charitable work "criminal" and "extremist"?
- 10 February 2005: Supreme court claims constitutional right doesn't exist
- 9 February 2005: Priests and police raid and threaten Serbian Orthodox believers
- 4 February 2005: Selective refusal to register Serbian Orthodox Church
- 3 February 2005: Southern authorities side with Moscow Patriarchate against alternative Orthodox?
- 1 February 2005: Two leaders of religious violence finally sentenced – but what about the others?
- 1 February 2005: Linked moves against Protestant organisations?
- 31 January 2005: Jehovah's Witnesses interrogated and mosques demolished
- 27 January 2005: Uncertain fate of non re-registered communities
- 27 January 2005: How should religious violence legacy be overcome?
- 25 January 2005: Pressure mounts on Charismatic Minsk congregation
- 24 January 2005: Signs of worsening religious freedom?
- 24 January 2005: Church, mosque and synagogue kept by southern authorities
- 21 January 2005: Prisoner's wife on trial to show "who is boss here"
- 20 January 2005: No under-18s to attend worship or Sunday School
- 19 January 2005: Why does government restrict haj numbers?
- 18 January 2005: Attacks on religious minorities unpunished
- 18 January 2005: How believers resist state religious policy
- 17 January 2005: Only "very small percentage" of attacks in trial charges
- 14 January 2005: Who incites anti-Baptist village mobs?
- 11 January 2005: Justice official "grossly distorting the facts"
- 10 January 2005: Will Christian children now get birth certificates?
- 10 January 2005: "Quite enough missionaries" in the south?
- 7 January 2005: No hope for Hope orphanage?
- 6 January 2005: Religious conscientious objector forcibly taken to Nagorno-Karabakh
- 6 January 2005: Did Armenian priest beat Baptist conscientious objector?
- 5 January 2005: Azerbaijan's democracy "is being sold for oil"
- 4 January 2005: 2004, the year of demolished mosques
- 29 December 2004: "Colossal" "unjust" fine for "illegal" worship
- 17 December 2004: "We want freedom – freedom in society, freedom of faith and freedom to worship"
- 16 December 2004: Religious freedom survey, December 2004
- 16 December 2004: No room at the cowshed for Minsk church
- 13 December 2004: Latest student expulsion in anti-Christian campaign
- 13 December 2004: Jailed for sharing faith, "non-constructive teaching" and "creating tensions between family members".
- 10 December 2004: Why are religious communities in Nakhichevan "crushed"?
- 9 December 2004: "Our constitution guarantees us freedom of religion, but in reality we don't have it"
- 8 December 2004: Who ordered imam attestations?
- 8 December 2004: "We don't need Baptists here," shouts obstructive official
- 7 December 2004: Southern Protestants' mixed fortunes
- 7 December 2004: Assessing Europe's 'headscarf law' debates
- 3 December 2004: Why were some Tabligh members given lesser jail terms than others?
- 2 December 2004: Police disperse and harass academic religion researchers
- 1 December 2004: The boy who (officially) doesn't exist
- 1 December 2004: Fate of unregistered religious communities still uncertain
- 29 November 2004: Governor links Jehovah's Witnesses and Islamic militants as "destructive cults"
- 25 November 2004: Inconsistent response to illegal religious activity
- 25 November 2004: "Religious distortion" and religious freedom
- 23 November 2004: Mixed visa fortunes for foreign Catholic clergy
- 23 November 2004: Varying availability of adult religious education
- 22 November 2004: Why did Turkmenistan lie to the UN?
- 22 November 2004: Police raid Adventist service, fine and threaten leader, connive at hostile TV interviews of children
- 19 November 2004: "Religious freedom will be seriously hindered" by draft law
- 18 November 2004: Pressure on Tatarstan Protestants
- 17 November 2004: Criminal prosecutions and threats "just a coincidence"?
- 17 November 2004: Most - but not all - communities re-registered
- 15 November 2004: Are human rights activists agents-provocateurs?
- 11 November 2004: Adventists seek end to Sabbath schooling threats
- 10 November 2004: Minsk Krishna society facing closure?
- 10 November 2004: Kosovo - What now?
- 9 November 2004: Are Stavropol regional authorities interfering in Muslim affairs?
- 9 November 2004: State restrictions on Mosques in south's minority Muslim areas
- 5 November 2004: Violence against religious minorities continues
- 5 November 2004: Charismatic congregations barred from meeting
- 3 November 2004: Imam and congregation jailed for being Muslims
- 2 November 2004: Is State's treatment of southern Muslims unjust?
- 1 November 2004: Southern Muslims complain of fall-out from anti-terrorist moves
- 1 November 2004: Former chief mufti calls for lifting of restrictions on Islam
- 28 October 2004: Government defies international human rights pressure
- 26 October 2004: Continued isolation of religious believers
- 25 October 2004: Prisoners still held, one prisoner tortured with mind-altering drugs?
- 21 October 2004: Monastery demolished – another church demolition planned, and Metropolitan to be jailed?
- 20 October 2004: Police deny beating Baptist and religious minorities fear fresh repression
- 20 October 2004: Preacher to face criminal charges, and JW to be fired?
- 19 October 2004: Promises broken by continuing jailing of prisoners of conscience
- 18 October 2004: Protestant teacher's crime: "not hiding my religious beliefs"
- 15 October 2004: Public Prosecutors assault and threaten to rape female Jehovah's Witness
- 14 October 2004: Christians murdered, sources state
- 12 October 2004: Will Armenia now fulfil all its human rights commitments?
- 12 October 2004: Do Police and KNB want to catch criminals?
- 11 October 2004: Xinjiang - Linked religious practice and state control levels?
- 8 October 2004: Headscarf ban continuing
- 7 October 2004: OSCE discusses religious freedom minus a victim
- 6 October 2004: Jehovah's Witness seeks right to alternative service
- 4 October 2004: When will Adventist worship be permitted?
- 30 September 2004: Police raiders claim there's "no need" for Christians
- 29 September 2004: How the Public Security system controls religious affairs
- 28 September 2004: Xinjiang - What you can't do in a mosque
- 27 September 2004: Why can't Baptist Church function?
- 27 September 2004: Will local Orthodox dare to regularly attend new church?
- 23 September 2004: Serbian Orthodox "will never get registration"
- 22 September 2004: Suspicious fire guts Baptist church after authorities break up meeting
- 22 September 2004: Will Orthodox Christians soon be allowed priests?
- 21 September 2004: Implementation will test new religious ordinance
- 20 September 2004: Religious freedom in Xinjiang
- 16 September 2004: Imam barred from travel to OSCE conference
- 16 September 2004: Medical institute expels Protestant students
- 15 September 2004: Xinjiang - Imams and mosque education under state control
- 14 September 2004: Increasing crackdown on Muslim "extremist" books
- 13 September 2004: Xinjiang - Mongolian minority isolated from fellow-Buddhists abroad
- 10 September 2004: Baptists raided and Jehovah's Witnesses reject presidential portraits
- 9 September 2004: OSCE CONFERENCE ON DISCRIMINATION – A REGIONAL SURVEY
- 9 September 2004: Xinjiang - Security service investigation followed Orthodox priest's deportation
- 7 September 2004: Was Baptist fine an "exception"?
- 2 September 2004: Baptists to lose property after Easter hospital visit
- 2 September 2004: Away with legal discrimination - Serbia shouldn't follow Austria
- 30 August 2004: Is headscarf ban "enlightened" Islam?
- 27 August 2004: Religious prisoner makes formal torture complaint
- 23 August 2004: Religious freedom survey, August 2004
- 23 August 2004: Police break state and international law
- 20 August 2004: Why did government newspaper attack missionaries?
- 20 August 2004: No names, no questions, in latest trials of Muslims
- 17 August 2004: Religious freedom survey, August 2004
- 16 August 2004: Another Muslim jailed for being a Muslim?
- 16 August 2004: Will violent attackers of religious minorities be punished?
- 12 August 2004: As arrests continue, Muslims fail to regain their mosque
- 11 August 2004: Finding Nemo, hunting Adventists
- 10 August 2004: Police knew search results before they searched
- 9 August 2004: Why register when persecution continues?
- 9 August 2004: Urals Protestants kept out of sight?
- 6 August 2004: Being a devout Muslim a crime?
- 5 August 2004: Religious freedom survey, August 2004
- 4 August 2004: No religious freedom deterioration after bombings
- 3 August 2004: Police expulsion of Alternative Orthodox a dangerous precedent?
- 3 August 2004: Imprisonment, no registration, and no identity documents for JWs
- 2 August 2004: Urals religious freedom like "football with only one set of goalposts"
- 2 August 2004: Muslims can't pray at home, says police chief
- 30 July 2004: Baptist denied permission to live in own home
- 30 July 2004: "Discriminatory" religion bill
- 29 July 2004: Jail for leading home Koran study group?
- 28 July 2004: State interference in indigenous religions
- 27 July 2004: Jehovah's Witness congress broken up
- 27 July 2004: Is religion extremism?
- 23 July 2004: Police raid Orthodox churches
- 22 July 2004: Muslim fired for rejecting forcible mosque take-over
- 22 July 2004: Hare Krishna devotees expelled and correspondent threatened
- 21 July 2004: Why can't Muslims or Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia register?
- 21 July 2004: Government blocks religious websites
- 20 July 2004: New fines and pressure on unregistered Baptists
- 16 July 2004: Why can't Jewish community re-establish rabbinate?
- 15 July 2004: Authorities foment protests to close Baptist holiday camp
- 14 July 2004: Religious leaders' concern as intrusive state check-ups rise
- 12 July 2004: No proof, but imam sentenced
- 12 July 2004: Anti-missionary law déjà vu
- 9 July 2004: Students to be expelled for belonging to "banned Protestant sect"?
- 8 July 2004: Jehovah's Witnesses arrested for being Islamic fundamentalists
- 7 July 2004: Twenty seven Juma mosque members detained, many fined, four beaten
- 7 July 2004: "Illegal" Baptists under more pressure as authorities try to stop Christianity
- 5 July 2004: Police seize imam and three others during mosque prayers
- 2 July 2004: Juma mosque stolen by police, community refused access for worship, and new imam imposed
- 1 July 2004: "Only two faiths are allowed, Islam and Orthodoxy" says deputy police chief
- 30 June 2004: Police storm mosque, expelling & beating-up Muslims
- 29 June 2004: Has imam been framed?
- 28 June 2004: Police control of believers set to continue
- 25 June 2004: Six religious prisoners of conscience free, but three remain
- 24 June 2004: Jehovah's Witnesses pledge to combat police beatings
- 23 June 2004: Another Muslim "extremist" jailed
- 22 June 2004: One religious policy fits all?
- 21 June 2004: Many thanks to International Religious Freedom Watch and Open Society Institute
- 17 June 2004: Jehovah's Witness ban comes into effect
- 16 June 2004: Do foreign missionaries bear "the hallmarks of espionage" in Khabarovsk region?
- 16 June 2004: Foreign missionaries in Sakhalin face restrictions
- 15 June 2004: Threats against lawyer's wife and young children
- 15 June 2004: The Disturbing Prospect for Religious Freedom
- 11 June 2004: Punished for signing a failed registration application
- 10 June 2004: Religious freedom, the best counter to religious extremism
- 9 June 2004: Why can't women wear the hijab for internal identity photos?
- 7 June 2004: No non-Orthodox places of worship wanted in Khabarovsk city centre
- 7 June 2004: Sakhalin region restrictions on using premises for worship
- 4 June 2004: Authorities now behaving "as badly as usual" after post-bombing crackdown
- 3 June 2004: Adventists get state registration, Baha'is may be next
- 1 June 2004: Local restrictions on mission in Khabarovsk region
- 1 June 2004: Local restrictions on mission in Sakhalin region
- 27 May 2004: Who murdered Baptist missionary Sergei Besarab?
- 27 May 2004: Will Nukus Medical Institute respect religious freedom or not?
- 25 May 2004: Moscow court decision - a fair cop?
- 25 May 2004: Full Moscow court decision slams JWs
- 24 May 2004: Unregistered religious activity still illegal
- 21 May 2004: Dushanbe Jews ordered to vacate synagogue by July
- 20 May 2004: New crackdown on Adventists
- 19 May 2004: Jehovah's Witness prisoners threatened with death
- 17 May 2004: Will the government or won't the government target Ahmadis?
- 17 May 2004: Religious freedom, the Achilles' Heel
- 13 May 2004: Religious persecution's latest disguises
- 13 May 2004: Sufism used for Uzbek propaganda in the USA
- 11 May 2004: State control of Islamic religious education
- 10 May 2004: Is state registration disguised persecution?
- 10 May 2004: Religious persecution continues
- 10 May 2004: Religious prisoners of conscience
- 6 May 2004: Nobody charged for destruction of Orthodox churches and monasteries
- 5 May 2004: Harsh draft religion law rejected – for now
- 4 May 2004: Sacked for being Jehovah's Witnesses
- 30 April 2004: Romany tent church demolition averted?
- 30 April 2004: Worsening anti-Protestant crackdown in north-west
- 28 April 2004: Religious Freedom and the Legal System: Continuing Struggle
- 27 April 2004: JWs still banned and Georgian Orthodox still barred
- 27 April 2004: Tight restrictions on Shia Muslim minority
- 26 April 2004: Expelling Muslims from Mosque "unpleasant," court executor says
- 26 April 2004: New hope for religious communities to get state registration?
- 22 April 2004: Methodists may have fought off church stealing
- 21 April 2004: Should Christians be shot?
- 21 April 2004: Spring offensive against the "Vitaliban"?
- 19 April 2004: Council of Europe fails to punish commitment violations over imprisoned conscientious objectors
- 16 April 2004: Was terrorist threat to Protestant Easter celebration genuine?
- 14 April 2004: Guilty of the unregistered teaching of a faith - even when charge is disproved
- 13 April 2004: Crackdown on all faiths follows terrorist bombings
- 13 April 2004: Jehovah's Witness rental contracts cancelled
- 7 April 2004: Religious freedom survey, April 2004
- 6 April 2004: Is religious censorship getting worse?
- 5 April 2004: "Half-free" imam to challenge suspended jail sentence
- 1 April 2004: Religious communities theoretically permitted, but attacked in practice?
- 31 March 2004: For religious freedom, patience may be the virtue
- 30 March 2004: Muslims barred from opening new mosques
- 29 March 2004: Alternative Orthodox denied church property
- 29 March 2004: Court bans Jehovah's Witnesses
- 26 March 2004: Lawyer disbarred for defending believers?
- 25 March 2004: Alternative Orthodox denied legal status
- 24 March 2004: Destruction worse than initially believed, and violence sparks incidents in Montenegro, Bosnia and Macedonia
- 23 March 2004: "Shall we trust the president?" religious groups ask
- 22 March 2004: Baptist and Adventist support for Imam at trial
- 19 March 2004: "Do not abandon convent to destruction", bishop pleads
- 19 March 2004: Pristina Orthodox priest "lucky" to be alive
- 18 March 2004: Justice department tries to limit church & mosque numbers
- 18 March 2004: Churches & mosques destroyed amid inter-ethnic violence
- 17 March 2004: Will violent Old Calendarist priest now be punished?
- 17 March 2004: Headscarves, religion & the state: the reality of European commitment to human rights for all
- 16 March 2004: JW sentenced under criminal law, and Bible to be destroyed
- 15 March 2004: Muslims say presence of male obstetrician violates their beliefs
- 15 March 2004: Pentecostals & Orthodox to lose buildings on Pacific coast?
- 12 March 2004: Scepticism and optimism greet surprise presidential decree
- 11 March 2004: Muslims vow to defy "illegal" worship ban
- 9 March 2004: Senior official "slanders Adventists"
- 8 March 2004: Why was former chief mufti given long jail term?
- 8 March 2004: University attacks Hare Krishna followers, along with secret police
- 5 March 2004: Muslims await police expulsion "with fear and flowers"
- 4 March 2004: State interference with Islamic religious life in the north east
- 4 March 2004: Authorities close Christian church in Khorezm
- 1 March 2004: Court decides to "immediately" expel Muslims from mosque
- 1 March 2004: Adventist pastor flees serious death threats
- 26 February 2004: Carpet seized to pay illegal Baptist fine
- 26 February 2004: Unregistered Baptist churches face Monday "disbandment" deadline
- 25 February 2004: Police refuse to protect Adventists facing death threats
- 25 February 2004: Mystery of the last "Hermit Kingdom"
- 24 February 2004: Mother of torture victim heavily fined, but not now given hard labour
- 24 February 2004: Who attacked, armed with machine guns, an Orthodox monastery?
- 20 February 2004: Court proceedings to seize mosque next week
- 18 February 2004: Ex-KGB's "preventative work" with religious minorities
- 17 February 2004: Old Believers summoned by ex-KGB before church leadership election
- 17 February 2004: More Baptist pastors fined
- 16 February 2004: Bookburning, fines and jail used against Jehovah's Witnesses
- 16 February 2004: State policy towards Muslims in Central Asia
- 12 February 2004: "Traitor" for being Christian?
- 11 February 2004: Tula Baptist & Orthodox churches under attack?
- 11 February 2004: Mosques resist pressure to join state-recognised central organisation
- 10 February 2004: Religious freedom survey, February 2004
- 9 February 2004: Close supervision of religious life is central policy
- 9 February 2004: Six Jehovah's Witnesses jailed for their faith
- 5 February 2004: Will Sunni mosques and Orthodox churches be criminalised?
- 4 February 2004: Government breaks promises to Council of Europe
- 3 February 2004: New media threats against Protestants and JWs
- 3 February 2004: Baptist pastors fined
- 2 February 2004: Trade alone will not improve religious freedom conditions
- 2 February 2004: Judges not police to expel Muslims from mosque?
- 29 January 2004: Authorities plan to storm embattled mosque?
- 29 January 2004: Jews fail to recover synagogues or prevent their destruction
- 28 January 2004: Orthodox Monk and Bishop fined, and another Bishop still jailed
- 28 January 2004: Police arrest, insult & threaten to rape female Jehovah's Witnesses
- 27 January 2004: Krishna devotees under pressure
- 23 January 2004: Religious minorities' hopes and doubts ahead of presidential inauguration
- 21 January 2004: Secret police break up Muslim commemoration of dead Azeri president
- 21 January 2004: State policy towards religious minorities in Central Asia
- 20 January 2004: Secrecy surrounds content of new religion decree
- 19 January 2004: Muslims ordered out of Mosque authorities want as carpet museum
- 15 January 2004: Authorities trying to close Baptist church
- 14 January 2004: Baptist missionary killed while praying
- 13 January 2004: Serbian Orthodox Archbishop arrested again
- 13 January 2004: Religious freedom under Islam
- 12 January 2004: Missionary's activity is "extremist", agrees court
- 9 January 2004: Heavy fines on Balkanabad Baptists
- 8 January 2004: No peace for Orthodox Christmas
- 8 January 2004: Imam still imprisoned despite no investigation
- 7 January 2004: Religious freedom survey, January 2004
- 5 January 2004: Evicted Moscow Methodists given temporary access
- 26 December 2003: Church stolen at Christmas
- 22 December 2003: Baptist freed after international pressure
- 19 December 2003: Fears grow for imprisoned Baptist
- 19 December 2003: Hand Grenade Attack on Orthodox Church
- 18 December 2003: When will Beijing's Orthodox have church?
- 16 December 2003: City justice dept claims church stealing was conducted legally
- 15 December 2003: Methodist church building to be stolen?
- 15 December 2003: Religious freedom survey, December 2003
- 12 December 2003: Pastor fined for leading unregistered worship
- 11 December 2003: Death row prisoners denied clergy access
- 11 December 2003: No changes to religion law - for now
- 10 December 2003: Authorities pressure legal Hare Krishna commune
- 9 December 2003: Baptists threatened as harsh new law used to bite
- 9 December 2003: Pressure mounts on imprisoned imam's supporters
- 8 December 2003: Religious freedom oasis? (Part 2 of 2)
- 8 December 2003: Religious freedom oasis? (Part 1 of 2)
- 4 December 2003: Continuing concern at criminalisation of religious belief and practice
- 4 December 2003: Muslim human rights activist jailed in rigged trial
- 2 December 2003: What about religious freedom?
- 2 December 2003: Independent Muslim human rights leader detained
- 1 December 2003: Renewed attacks on Serbian Orthodox
- 1 December 2003: Authorities don't follow neighbours' exclusion of religious leaders
- 28 November 2003: Tatar FSB says missionary's activity is "extremist"
- 27 November 2003: Authorities thwart the return of Buddhist King
- 26 November 2003: Will Shevardnadze's fall bring religious freedom?
- 24 November 2003: Religious freedom survey, November 2003
- 24 November 2003: President falsely claims no religious prisoners
- 21 November 2003: Illegal secret police raid is "legal"
- 20 November 2003: Orthodox permission needed for religious literature imports
- 20 November 2003: Can religious minorities publish religious literature?
- 20 November 2003: Religious freedom survey, November 2003
- 19 November 2003: Religious minorities concerned by "voluntary" 'Religion and Culture' classes
- 19 November 2003: Voluntary 'Religion and Culture' classes compulsory, parents complain
- 19 November 2003: Secret police close down mosque refusing to go against Islam
- 18 November 2003: Lingering legacy of militant atheism
- 17 November 2003: "We want legal status!" say minority faiths
- 14 November 2003: Why can't minority faiths build places of worship?
- 13 November 2003: An Orthodox Nation?
- 13 November 2003: Should violent Orthodox group be banned?
- 12 November 2003: Tajik secular not Shariah law prevails in mountainous east
- 11 November 2003: New religion law defies international human rights agreements
- 11 November 2003: State subsidies for "traditional" Confessions?
- 7 November 2003: Set-back in Religious Affairs Officials' Two-Year Plan
- 6 November 2003: Belarusian Orthodox Church®
- 5 November 2003: After four years of attacks, a suspended sentence is given
- 4 November 2003: Ahmadiyya Muslims among banned religious organisations
- 3 November 2003: Officials defend restrictions on minority faiths
- 3 November 2003: Even harsher controls on religion?
- 31 October 2003: Calvinists kept quiet
- 30 October 2003: When is a Monastery not a Monastery?
- 29 October 2003: Hizb ut-Tahrir wants worldwide Sharia law
- 24 October 2003: Police beat up, threaten Baptist and family.
- 22 October 2003: Independent Muslim leaders "safe", but pressure continues
- 21 October 2003: Official begins destruction of six rural mosques
- 21 October 2003: Is mullah latest Uzbek KGB kidnapping victim?
- 20 October 2003: Election crackdown on independent Muslim leaders
- 16 October 2003: Freedom of religion – a forgotten human right?
- 14 October 2003: Fines doubled for Balkanabad Baptists
- 13 October 2003: Religion law stunts church growth
- 13 October 2003: Authorities check up on Sunday school pupils
- 10 October 2003: Jehovah's Witness freed early from camp
- 9 October 2003: No let-up in Jehovah's Witness sentences
- 9 October 2003: Perpetual raids on village Baptist church
- 8 October 2003: Obstacles to obtaining new or old worship buildings
- 8 October 2003: Obstacles to religious events outside the home
- 7 October 2003: Home worship by registered groups illegal
- 7 October 2003: Is home worship in small groups illegal?
- 6 October 2003: Baptist "mob" banned from worshipping
- 3 October 2003: No peace for Peace Church
- 2 October 2003: Religious freedom survey, October 2003
- 2 October 2003: Fines to follow Protestant church closure
- 1 October 2003: Indigenous believers resist state contact
- 1 October 2003: Old Believers cry SOS
- 30 September 2003: "Protestants cannot work as teachers," ideology official declares
- 29 September 2003: Catholics "shocked" by undiplomatic warning
- 25 September 2003: Will non-Orthodox faiths ever get legal status?
- 25 September 2003: Catholics fail to break Orthodox monopoly
- 23 September 2003: Xinjiang religious freedom survey, September 2003
- 22 September 2003: New religion bill will be neutral, drafter insists
- 18 September 2003: Xinjiang's Ismailis cut off from international Ismaili community
- 17 September 2003: New hope to change religion law?
- 11 September 2003: Local re-registration barely begun
- 10 September 2003: Did Orthodox join police in crushing Baptist street library?
- 9 September 2003: Religious freedom survey, September 2003
- 5 September 2003: Methodists live "twilight existence," leader claims
- 4 September 2003: "KGB methods" used to break up Sunday school
- 3 September 2003: Moscow Baptist street service broken up
- 2 September 2003: Hindus registered, but others still wait
- 2 September 2003: Loudspeakers banned from unregistered mosques
- 1 September 2003: More obstacles to public religious events
- 1 September 2003: Baptists to be fined for each service
- 28 August 2003: Will Jews get compensation when synagogue is demolished?
- 27 August 2003: Registration breakthrough for minority faiths
- 27 August 2003: Do Sunday school children need written parental permission?
- 25 August 2003: Baptists forced to pay for own imprisonment
- 22 August 2003: Massive tax bill aimed at "crushing" Church?
- 19 August 2003: Jehovah's Witness centre to be destroyed?
- 14 August 2003: Attacks on religious minorities in 2002
- 11 August 2003: Attack on Christian music concert
- 11 August 2003: Pentecostal Pastor to seek asylum due to "intolerable conditions"
- 8 August 2003: Hare Krishna followers having lunch "not forbidden"?
- 4 August 2003: Baptist Women are latest targets
- 31 July 2003: "Too many mosques" and compulsory "stage music"?
- 29 July 2003: Baptist fined for "talking to passers-by about God"
- 29 July 2003: Religious Freedom Survey, July 2003
- 28 July 2003: Allegations against Komi Moscow Patriarchate diocese ignored, allegations against non-Moscow Patriarchate Orthodox investigated
- 25 July 2003: Hare Krishnas the latest target of anti-religious minorities campaign
- 24 July 2003: Serbian Bishop sentenced to Solitary Confinement
- 24 July 2003: State interrogations of Komi non-Moscow Patriarchate Orthodox
- 24 July 2003: Komi non-Moscow Patriarchate Orthodox fight to retain Church building
- 23 July 2003: Last of 31 court cases for Komi Baptists?
- 23 July 2003: "We're not criminals," fined Baptists insist
- 21 July 2003: Controversial religion law survives constitutional challenge
- 18 July 2003: Harsh border cuts Muslims off from Turkmen holy sites
- 17 July 2003: "End persecution or we seek asylum," Pentecostals tell president
- 16 July 2003: Religious freedom survey July 2003
- 15 July 2003: "Don't report interrogation on the Internet," ex-KGB tells Protestant
- 14 July 2003: Racist vigilantes again blockade Pentecostal church
- 10 July 2003: Fined Nukus Adventists again in court
- 9 July 2003: OSCE MEETING ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION - A REGIONAL SURVEY
- 8 July 2003: Police "angry" at Forum 18 report of Hare Krishna raid
- 8 July 2003: "No change" for Jehovah's Witness conscientious objectors
- 4 July 2003: Is Kostroma missionary black spot?
- 4 July 2003: State opposition to Kostroma Pentecostals continues
- 3 July 2003: Baptists deny they burnt down own church
- 2 July 2003: Why can't smaller Protestant Churches or Muslims gain legal status?
- 30 June 2003: Further attacks on Orthodox sites
- 26 June 2003: Wives demand freedom for imprisoned Muslim husbands
- 25 June 2003: Religious freedom survey June 2003
- 25 June 2003: Heavy fines on Turkmenabad Baptists
- 24 June 2003: Despite protests, "anti-sect" schoolbook to remain
- 24 June 2003: New concordat gives Orthodox enhanced status
- 23 June 2003: Police chief bans Pentecostal church
- 20 June 2003: New spate of Pentecostal fines
- 19 June 2003: New controls on access to religious websites
- 18 June 2003: Pressure mounts on beleaguered senior religious official
- 18 June 2003: "We'll put you away for twelve years," Baptists told
- 17 June 2003: Campaign to close down Pentecostal Church?
- 16 June 2003: Did Orthodox arsonists destroy Baptist church?
- 16 June 2003: "We'll be back," mob warns Pentecostals
- 12 June 2003: No response to Buddhist or Hindu registration applications
- 12 June 2003: Kindergarten teacher threatened with dismissal
- 10 June 2003: Crackdown widens to Hare Krishna community
- 10 June 2003: Armed police break up Hindu meditation
- 9 June 2003: Protest against "anti-sect" school textbook
- 9 June 2003: Judge defends burning of Baptist magazine
- 6 June 2003: Protestants fined as crackdown continues
- 6 June 2003: Criminal case against Baptist pastor withdrawn
- 5 June 2003: Violent priest to challenge temporary detention order
- 3 June 2003: Chief mufti joins crackdown on Protestants
- 3 June 2003: Pentecostal evangelist to challenge fine
- 2 June 2003: Police beat Jehovah's Witnesses
- 30 May 2003: Authorities drag feet over Pentecostal registration
- 30 May 2003: Who shapes up to new religion law?
- 29 May 2003: Jehovah's Witnesses face trial and expulsion
- 28 May 2003: Citizenship moves "will not affect Russian Orthodox"?
- 27 May 2003: Orthodox becoming first among equals
- 26 May 2003: New plans to abolish "discriminatory" legal provision
- 23 May 2003: Detained Baptists threatened and insulted
- 23 May 2003: Authorities concerned at publicity over Jehovah's Witness fines
- 22 May 2003: "Medieval khan" closes mosques
- 20 May 2003: Supreme Court upholds Bible college closure
- 20 May 2003: Total state control over Islamic faith
- 19 May 2003: Criminal case for refusing to halt church services
- 16 May 2003: Secret instructions order religious surveillance
- 15 May 2003: Threats and fines follow break-up of Baptist Sunday service
- 13 May 2003: No protection in capital for attacked Orthodox Church and Priest
- 13 May 2003: Religious rights groups barred from registering
- 12 May 2003: Islamic headscarves arouse school director's anger
- 12 May 2003: No prayers in school, Muslim children told
- 9 May 2003: Namangan's Muslims appeal in vain for mosques
- 8 May 2003: Nakhichevan is re-registration black hole
- 8 May 2003: Nakhichevan Adventist church fights for survival
- 7 May 2003: Jehovah's Witnesses challenge literature seizures
- 6 May 2003: No end to immunity despite presidential pledge
- 2 May 2003: Muslim women prisoners "viciously insulted"
- 1 May 2003: Free Churches unhappy over government agreements
- 1 May 2003: Secrecy surrounds new draft religion law
- 30 April 2003: Registration "refuseniks" to challenge "discriminatory" law
- 29 April 2003: Police move to crush Baptist street libraries
- 28 April 2003: Jehovah's Witnesses to challenge fines in Supreme Court
- 25 April 2003: Secret order banishes religious minorities from police
- 25 April 2003: Police reinstate Jehovah's Witness – for now
- 24 April 2003: Prosecutor "fed up" with Baptist appeals
- 22 April 2003: Only limited censorship of religious websites
- 21 April 2003: Court closes down Bible College
- 17 April 2003: Latest attack leaves Adventist pastor hospitalised
- 16 April 2003: Catholic radio broadcasts axed - literally
- 15 April 2003: Kalmykia's "common defence" against "non-traditional" religions
- 14 April 2003: Are Kalmykia's Protestants "western spies"?
- 11 April 2003: Secret police interrogate and threaten Baptist children
- 11 April 2003: Few complaints over Kalmykia's state support for Buddhism
- 8 April 2003: Five-year registration denial for Namangan mosque
- 7 April 2003: True Orthodox fear church-destroyers will escape justice
- 7 April 2003: Muslims fined for prayers in closed mosque
- 3 April 2003: Breakthrough for conscientious objectors?
- 2 April 2003: Non-Moscow Orthodox "banned" from registering
- 2 April 2003: True Orthodox battle on for legal worship
- 1 April 2003: Appeal court doubles Jehovah's Witness sentence
- 31 March 2003: Degree of calm in Catholic storm
- 28 March 2003: Destruction for Krishna books as religion chief denies censorship
- 27 March 2003: Fergana Valley responds to Iraq war
- 26 March 2003: Baptist women are latest secret police victims
- 25 March 2003: Scepticism greets new pledges to end religious violence
- 25 March 2003: President pledges punishment for religious violence
- 24 March 2003: New parliamentary force for "traditional spiritual values"
- 21 March 2003: Ex-KGB leads raid on Baptist church
- 20 March 2003: Religion looms as electoral factor
- 20 March 2003: Fines on unregistered religious communities stepped up
- 19 March 2003: Baptist warned not to hold home meetings
- 19 March 2003: Long sentences for five Tashkent Muslims
- 18 March 2003: Interrogations and threats follow charity action
- 18 March 2003: Pacific island keeps Protestants in check
- 17 March 2003: Muinak Pentecostals fear new charges
- 17 March 2003: Orthodox to be main victims of clampdown?
- 14 March 2003: Andijan Pentecostal pastor threatened
- 14 March 2003: Will controversial religion law come back?
- 13 March 2003: Baptist pastor narrowly escapes charges
- 13 March 2003: Moscow Baptists barred from renting public buildings
- 12 March 2003: No hope of registration for minority faiths?