Freedom of Religion and Belief
The armed forces of Tatarstan approved the sentence of a Said Nursi Muslim The real term assigned to Gabdrakhman Naumov under Art. 282.2 and 282.3 of the Criminal Code. Sova Center (15.02.2022) – https://bit.ly/3pk94m0 – On February 8, 2022, the Supreme...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
A Jehovah’s Witness objector to military service fined for evasion of conscription Sova Center (21.01.2022) – https://bit.ly/3IHi6k8 – On January 17, 2022, the Nevelsk City Court of the Sakhalin Region found Jehovah’s Witness Yevgeny Kulakov...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
A Tablighi Jamaat Muslim sentenced to three years in a penal colony Mikhail Kolotylin was convicted under Art. 282.2 Criminal Code for organizing Tablighi Jamaat activities in the Volgograd region. Human Rights Without Frontiers urges the Russian authorities to...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Misuse of anti-extremism and counter-terrorism laws denounced by Sova Center at the OSCE SOVA Center’s statement for the session on “Promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms” at ODIHR 30th anniversary conference in Warsaw on October 14-15,...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Tabligh Jamaat and Said Nursi Muslims sentenced or fined for practising their religion Misuse of the anti-extremism legislation in August Sova Center (22.09.2021) – https://www.sova-center.ru/en/misuse/news-releases/2021/09/d44952/ – In the second half of...