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Xu Xiujuan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In June 2017, authorities arrested Xu in relation to her Falun Gong activity. It is reported that she was tortured while in custody.

On an unspecified date, Xu was charged with "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).

In December 2018, Haigang District Court sentenced Xu to seven years in prison.

On an unspecified date, the Qinhuangdao City Intermediate Court rejected Xu's appeal.

In January 2020, Xu was reportedly transferred to Shijiazhuang Women's Prison.  

Xu reportedly develop blood pressure and heart problems in state custody. She was also reportedly denied adequate medical care.

Xu is reportedly married. 

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Hamid Kamal Mohammad bin Haydara was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 3, 2013, authorities linked to the Houthi-run National Security Bureau arrested Haydara while at work.

On December 17, 2013, authorities raided Haydara's home, confiscating documents and laptops.

On September 2, 2014, Haydara's wife, Ilham Zara’i, was finally allowed to visit him after he was held incommunicado since his arrest.

On January 8, 2015, Haydara was formally charged with allegedly being a spy for Israel, attempting to make certain locations within Yemen a homeland for the followers of the Baha’i faith, offering literacy classes that followed a curriculum deemed incompatible with Islam, and attempting to convert Muslims to the Baha’i faith.

In March 2017, the Mwatana Organization for Human Rights reported that Haydara had been tortured and mistreated while in custody, denied access to adequate medical care, and denied proper legal counsel during interrogations.

On January 2, 2018, Haydara was sentenced to death. His assets were also ordered to be seized and all Baha’i institutions be closed. 

On March 22, 2020, a Houthi appeals court upheld Haydara's death sentence.

On March 25, 2020, the Houthi Supreme Political Council announced that Haydara and other members of the Baha’i community would be released.

In July 2020, Haydara and five other Baha’is were released.

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Leah Sharibu is in EPC captivity for refusing to renounce her faith.

On February 19, 2018, the Islamic State - West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked the Government Girls Science and Technical School in Dapchi, Yobe State, Nigeria, abducting 110 school girls, including Sharibu. While 104 girls were returned to their families and five were reportedly killed, ISWAP kept Sharibu because she refused to comply with their demands and convert to Islam. ISWAP threatened to kill Sharibu if their demands were not met or keep her as a “slave for life.”