Two
Iranian Christians were sentenced to a
total of eight years in prison by a
revolutionary court in December 2017,
after being convicted of national
security-related crimes.
Suroush Saraie and Eskandar Rezaie, who
are both members of the Church of Iran
denomination, each received seven-year
sentences for “creating a group that
works against...
By
Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18
Uzbekistanstill searches homes and fines
people for meeting and having religious
literature, claiming in one case to look
for a gun. After one person admitted to
reading Christian books at home, their
home was raided and Bible confiscated.
Elsewhere, a Bible was destroyed.
On 10 November police in Andijan in
eastern...
By Felix
Corley, Forum 18
Azerbaijan continues to raid religious
communities meeting without state
permission, and large fines are normally
then imposed. After one such raid an
Aliabad Baptist has been told he must
pay a fine of over three months average
salary by the end of 2017.
Despite never receiving a written
decision in the year since...
By Felix
Corley, Forum 18
Alongside police, secret police and
State Committee for Work with Religious
Organisations, a growing role in raids
on religious communities and
prosecutions seems to be played by
Religious Affairs Commissions attached
to local administrations. Fines of three
months' average wages often follow
raids.
In 2017, officials...
By
Victoria Arnold, Forum 18
Following the Supreme Court ban on
allJehovah's Witnessactivity – in force
since July - Regional Justice Ministry
branches are preparing to sell off their
confiscated property. Military call-up
offices have denied several army
conscripts the option of alternative
civilian service. Jehovah's Witnesses
experience increased...
Muslim
militants used Molotov cocktails to set
fire to the Evangelical Christian
Baptist Church in Kaji-Say in the early
hours of 3 January. The building, which
stands on the south shore ofLake Issyk
Kul, was badly damaged in the blaze,
with many pews destroyed.
But the Bible on the altar survived,
despite the altar cloth being consumed
by...
Дорогие
братья и сёстры, в церкви
г.Шахунья(Нижегородская обл., Россия)
около 25 членов. 30.07.2017 на
воскресное богослужение пришёл
неизвестный мужчина и попросил
разрешения присутствовать. Вскоре после
начала служения вошёл участковый и с ним
двое в штатском. Они всё
сфотографировали и сдела- ли видеозапись
служения.
18.08.2017 брата Макарова Вячеслава...
Worship
service of IUCECB Church was taking
place in late May in a private house
located at Parichskaya Street 4а,
Svetlogorsk, Gomel Region, Belarus. At
10:20 a.m. two plain-clothed individuals
literally broke into the house and
started recording the service with a
video camera. They did not respond to a
request to show their credentials or...
Administrative offense reports were
drawn up by police officers against
Sergei Nikolayenko, Pastor of “Transfiguration”
God’s Church, and five members of
the congregation who are now forced to
sign them.
On 31 May the legitimately rented
premises of the temple where a Sunday
service had been taking place were
raided by the...
