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Pastor's Wife Deported From America After Living There for 27 Years

Human Rights · Bishkek

Pastor's Wife Deported From America After Living There for 27 Years

Maria Isidro, a Mexican woman has been deported from the United States by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for staying in the country illegally.See the Story

BELARUS: "God may be calling you to church, but prison officials decide"

Religion · Belarus

BELARUS: "God may be calling you to church, but prison officials decide"

Four of the freed political prisoners recount restrictions on prisoners' exercise of freedom of religion or belief. Political prisoners are barred from attending Orthodox prison chapels. "God may be calling you to church, but prison officials decide," Ihar Karnei notes. Orthodox Christian Sergei Tikhanovsky was denied access to a priest for more than 5 years. Denials of access to meetings for worship, religious literature and clergy visits viola…Read Article

RUSSIA: Buddhist leader given longest known anti-war jail term

Moscow · Moscow

RUSSIA: Buddhist leader given longest known anti-war jail term

A Moscow court jailed Buddhist leader Ilya Vasilyev on 25 June for eight years for allegedly disseminating "knowingly false information" about Russia's Armed Forces, the longest known prison term for opposing Russia's war against Ukraine on religious grounds. "We called for the voice of reason, but it seems the judge heard only the voice of the prosecutor's office," his lawyer Gevorg Aleksanyan said. A court spokesperson refused comment on the v…Read Article

Defense Expert Says Rothe’s Prison Death Was Not a Homicide

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By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org CONCORD — Jason Rothe’s death inside the State Prison for Men’s Secure Psychiatric Unit was not a homicide, and it was not caused by asphyxiation, Dr. Emma Lew testified Monday. Lew, a forensic pathologist called as an expert witness for former Corrections Officer Matthew Millar, told jurors that Rothe’s death has all the hallmarks of a particular sudden cardiac dysrhythmia, which can cause death in seconds. “One …Tajikistan · Tajikistan See the Story

UZBEKISTAN: Judge refuses to explain rejecting 8 Muslims' appeals

Judge Khamid Bobokulov of Kashkadarya Regional Court refused to explain why on 30 April he rejected the appeal by eight Muslim prisoners of conscience from Karshi against their lengthy prison sentences. The men were jailed after discussing their faith at a meal hosted by a provocateur. On 22 May, an apparently secret police-produced video on television claimed it "exposed a Jihadist religious extremist movement". Prison officials mocked Khasan A…Uzbekistan · Uzbekistan Read Article

UZBEKISTAN: Courts hand two prisoners of conscience extra jail terms

On 5 May, shortly before his five-year jail term ended, a Bukhara Region court jailed Muslim prisoner of conscience Tulkun Astanov for 3 years, 2 months in a strict-regime labour camp. Prison officers claimed he disobeyed orders by refusing morning exercises. The 54-year-old jailed for defending Muslims' rights, repeatedly tortured for praying in prison, suffered his third stroke in prison. A Navoi court handed Fariduddin Abduvokhidov a further …Bukhara · Bukhara Read Article

RUSSIA: "Missionary activity" prosecutions January 2024 to April 2025

The 124 known prosecutions under Administrative Code Article 5.26, Part 4 ("Russians conducting missionary activity") and Part 5 ("Foreigners conducting missionary activity") between January 2024 and April 2025 are listed. First-instance courts (in one case police) convicted 107 defendants and acquitted three. They closed or returned a further 12 cases to police or prosecutors. Two cases which reached court after the permitted three-month period…Russia, Moscow Oblast · Russia Read Article

RUSSIA: Foreigners face summary expulsion for illegal "missionary activity"

On 5 February, amendments to the Administrative Code entered force allowing police - without having to go to court - to fine and expel from Russia foreign citizens who conduct "illegal missionary activity". Forum 18 has so far found one such case. Among earlier cases, in October 2024, 85-year-old Catholic priest WÅadysÅaw Kloc lost his appeal against a fine and expulsion for leading worship in his parish. Most known prosecutions of foreign cit…Russia, Moscow Oblast · Russia Read Article

RUSSIA: Prosecutions for unlawful "missionary activity" – 2024 to 2025

At least 90 people in 2024 and 34 in January-April 2025 were prosecuted for unlawful "missionary activity". Fines are typically several weeks' average wages, but foreigners can be deported. A Kurganinsk Magistrate's Court fined six Baptists â including Pastor Aleksandr Chmykh - for leading worship meetings. A Stavropol Muslim teacher was fined for leading prayers and Koranic studies for girls. Police and prosecutors did not respond on why they…Russia, Moscow Oblast · Russia Read Article

OCCUPIED UKRAINE: "Bishop says no" on Ukrainian Orthodox entities

The Russian-controlled Justice Department requested an "expert conclusion" on a Brotherhood of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Russian-occupied Luhansk from Russia's Justice Ministry. Its Expert Council said the Brotherhood provided "deliberately false information that it operates as part of the Luhansk diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, that is, a structure that does not in reality exist". It cited Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Panta…Department of Justice · Luhansk Read Article

OCCUPIED UKRAINE: Raids, registration pressure, places of worship deemed "ownerless"

A prosecutor and police in Russian-occupied Luhansk Region raided Krasnodon's Council of Churches Baptist congregation's Pentecost worship meeting on 8 June. "The main issue is the registration of the church!" Pastor Vladimir Rytikov noted. Asked if she could explain why Krasnodon Police raided the Church, the duty officer said only: "We can't." Occupation authorities threaten other Baptist congregations that meet without seeking permission. The…Luhans'ka Oblast · Luhans'ka Oblast Read Article

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