Additional Name(s): (戴志超)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: February//2026
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Dai Zhichao
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Dai Zhichao is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In February 2026, police authorities arrested Dai, a preacher at Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Authorities charged him with “Inciting subversion of state power” (Article 105(2), PRC Criminal Law) and confined him in Deyang Detention Center.
Additional Name(s): (李英强)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: February//2026
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Li Yingqiang
Extra Bio Info:
Li Yingqiang is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In February 2026, police authorities arrested Li, an elder at Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Authorities charged him with “Inciting subversion of state power” (Article 105(2), PRC Criminal Law) and confined him in Deyang Detention Center.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Iran
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Date of Detainment: December//2023
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Amir-Ali Minaei
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Amir-Ali Minaei is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In December 2023, Iranian officials arrested Minaei for his involvement with a Christian house church.
In March 2024, Judge Iman Afshari of the 26th Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced him to 3 years, 7 months' imprisonment and deprivation of social rights for "Propaganda activities against the regime through establishing a house-church" (Art. 500 IPC). Authorities confined him in Evin Prison.
During detention, prison authorities intensely interrogated Minaei, leading to the development of a heart condition. Authorities denied him access to a cardiologist, beat him, fractured his foot, and held him incommunicado.