Gender: Female

Current Location: Adel Abad Prison, Shiraz

Perpetrator: Iran

Religion or Belief: Bahá`í

Sentence: 5 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: February/13/2024

Date of Sentencing: September//2022

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials

Mina Karami

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Mina Karami is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In September 2022, Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court convicted Karami, an Iranian Baha'i, on charges related to "deviant educational and propaganda activities contrary to Islamic Sharia Law." The sentence includes five years of imprisonment, denial of social rights for 10 years, and a two-year ban from leaving the country. Branch 37 of the Court of Appeal in Fars province ultimately upheld the verdict on an unknown date.

In January 2024, Branch 1 of the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of Shiraz summoned Karami to appear before judicial authorities.

On February 13, 2024, agents of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence apprehended Karami in Shiraz and later took her to Adel Abad prison to begin her five-year prison sentence. 

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 7 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: May/12/2022

Date of Sentencing: December/29/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Possession of Religious Materials Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Cult

Du Meiling

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Du Meiling is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On May 12, 2022, police arrested Du Meiling in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic religious materials.

On December 29, 2022, the Huaiyang District People's Court sentenced Du Meiling to seven years in prison and fined her 15,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL). 

On February 24, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Zhoukou City upheld the original verdict upon appeal.

Related Cases: Zhai Xinping, Yang Weihong, Zhao Guiqin

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Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 7 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: May/12/2022

Date of Sentencing: December/29/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Possession of Religious Materials Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Cult

Zhao Guiqin

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Zhao Guiqin is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On May 12, 2022, police arrested Zhao Guiqin in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic religious materials.

On December 29, 2022, the Huaiyang District People's Court sentenced Zhao Guiqin to seven years in prison and fined her 15,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL). 

On February 24, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Zhoukou City upheld the original verdict upon appeal.

Related Cases: Zhai Xinping, Yang Weihong, Du Meiling

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