Gender: Male
Perpetrator: India
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Date of Detainment: November//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Arun John
Extra Bio Info:
Arun John is detained for his religious activity.
In November 2025, Indian authorities arrested John for his evangelism during a three-day spiritual gathering at Beersheba Church in Kota, at which several youth claimed they converted and were baptized.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: India
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Date of Detainment: November//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Chandy Varghese
Extra Bio Info:
Chandy Varghese is detained for his religious activity.
In November 2025, Indian authorities arrested Varghese for his evangelism during a three-day spiritual gathering at Beersheba Church in Kota, at which several youth claimed they converted and were baptized.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Vietnam
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Theravada
Date of Detainment: March//2024
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Kim Khiem
Extra Bio Info:
Kim Khiem is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious practice.
In March 2024, Vietnamese authorities arrested Kim, a Khmer Krom monk and Theravada Buddhist. His arrest was part of a larger government crackdown on the Krmer Krom community for their Theravada Buddhist practices and religious freedom advocacy.
On November 26, 2025, authorities sentenced Kim to three years' imprisonment.