The government imprisoned certain practicing Shi’a Muslims over their alleged connections to Iran. Detained religious actors accused law enforcement of threatening and wielding physical and sexual violence to elicit false confessions. The government also enforced its restrictive religion law which subjects virtually all religious practices to intrusive state oversight. New satellite imagery documented the destruction of Armenian religious sites in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Source: Bes Barmaq Mosque, USCIRF

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