Woman Detained in Moscow for Holding Religious Placard

Case information
Incident date
Country
Russia
Place
Moscow
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Faith
Societal Sphere
  • Governmental
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Arrest
  • Imprisonment
  • Access to Justice or Services
  • Exclusion (of individuals or ideas)
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Religion
Place of Incident
  • Public Street
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Anastasiya Parshkova was detained but not charged, on March 15th for holding a sign that had: "The 6th commandment: Thou shalt not kill" written on it. She was wearing a headscarf and stood for five minutes outside the Cathedral of Christ the Savior before she was arrested and taken to the Khamovniki police station. She said: "despite my fear, I decided that this must be done."

She is one of the many religious people that have been detained for expressing their opinion against the war on Ukraine.

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