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The regime has nationwide in 2021 and 2022 blocked state registration attempts by Muslim, Protestant, and Jehovahs Witness communities, making it impossible for them to meet legally. Often the excuses used are property-related, with officials taking full advantage of the opportunities provided by the Religion Law for arbitrary and inconsistent demands. Religious community members often want the names and the names of their communities to remain anonymous for fear of state reprisals.

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It is not known if Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin have also made requests to the ECHR.

Home Secretary Priti Patel defended the policy after the first flight was effectively blocked by the European Court of Human Rights.

The State Security Ministry secret police arrested Shia Muslim Imam Sardar Babayev in October 2021 on treason charges. On 14 April, a Baku court extended pre-trial detention for a further five months. Human rights defender Elshan Hasanov described the treason case against Imam Babayev as "clearly fabricated". "No one believes Sardar Babayev is an Iranian spy," said exiled human rights defender Arif Yunus. Imam Babayev has already served a three-year jail term for leading mosq...

The Commission on Human Rights is investigating the arrest and detention of 91 farmers, land reform advocates, media workers and students in Concepcion, Tarlac last week.

The Commission on Human Rights yesterday welcomed the commitment of president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that the Philippines will have a high level of accountability in terms of human rights.

In the first known use of new powers for appointing, re-appointing every five years, and firing all Islamic clergy, in early May, the State Committee for Work with Religious Organisations fired Imam Mirseymur Aliyev in Neftchala. He had held end of Ramadan prayers on 3 May, not the regime-enforced date of 2 May. Lawyer Asabali Mustafayev noted that the regime taking direct control of Islamic clergy means that "the state is now playing the role of a religious organisation."

The Commission on Human Rights yesterday expressed alarm over the sale of items showing women in hypersexualized positions in different online platforms in the country.