Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Disappeared
Samten Gyatso
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Samten Gyatso is disappeared for his religious belief and activity. In early 2025, authorities detained Gyatso, a monk at Chukha-Ma Monastery in Amdo. Authorities held him incommunicado and refused to disclose his status or whereabouts to his family or monastery. Previously, in 2017, authorities arrested Gyatso for making a tribute to the Dalai Lama, raided his monastic quarters, and confiscated his religious literature.
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Date of Detainment: July//2019
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Hao Zhiwei
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Hao Zhiwei is imprisoned for her religious activity and leadership role.
In July 2019, authorities detained Hao Zhiwei, pastor of Egangqiao Church, for collecting tithes and offerings at her house church. In February 2022, Echeng District Court sentenced her to 8 years' imprisonment for "fraud."
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Bahá`í
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Behzad Yazdani
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Behzad Yazdani is detained for his religious belief and association.
In spring 2026, intelligence authorities arrested Yazdani along with his wife and another Baha'i family in their neighborhood amid an ongoing government crackdown against Baha'is.