Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Nicaragua
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: July/17/2025
Most Recent Type of Abuse: House Arrest
Rudy Palacios Vargas
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Rudy Palacios Vargas is under house arrest for his religious leadership role and religiously based political criticism.
On July 17, 2025, masked Nicaraguan officers arrested Palacios Vargas, a pastor at La Roca Church, for his criticism of human rights violations by the government. Officers arrested him along with seven of his family members, friends, and church members. Previously, in 2018, government authorities had raided Palacio Vargas' church and sent him into exile after he prayed for student demonstrators.
In January 2026, Nicaraguan authorities placed Vargas under house arrest.
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
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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
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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.