Freedom of Religion and Belief
AZERBAIJAN: First jailing of conscientious objector for three years By Felix Corley Forum18 (21.08.2025) – On 30 July, Yevlakh District Court jailed 19-year-old Jehovah’s Witness Elgiz Ibrahimov for one year for refusing compulsory military service on...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
TURKMENISTAN: Second conscientious objector sentenced to corrective labour By Felix Corley Forum18 (13.02.2025) – A second Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objector is serving a corrective labour sentence, where the state takes a fifth of his wages. On 27...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
UKRAINE: Two new conscientious objector jail terms By Felix Corley Forum 18 (30.04.2024) – In late March a Lviv Region court sentenced Protestant conscientious objector Serhy Stadnitsky to a 3-year jail term for refusing mobilisation on grounds of conscience....
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ARMENIA: Conscientious objector’s two-year jail term By Felix Corley Forum18 (09.11.2023) – On 25 October, a Yerevan court handed Baptist conscientious objector Davit Nazaretyan a two-year jail sentence for “Avoidance of mandatory military or...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
UKRAINE: First known wartime conscientious objector jailing Felix Corley Forum18 (17.01.2023) – 46-year-old Christian Vitaly Alekseenko expects to be taken to begin his one-year jail term on 19 January. On 16 January, Ivano-Frankivsk Appeal Court rejected his...
