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Victim NP-0376 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0376, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from China. Chinese authorities had discovered a Bible among the group and beat them when no one confessed to owning it. When they were refouled, North Korean officials confined NP-0376 and others at North Pyongan Provincial MSS Detention Center and subjected them to invasive cavity searches.

Authorities sentenced NP-0376 to indefinite imprisonment at a political prison camp. 

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Victim NP-0375 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association. 

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0375, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from China. Chinese authorities had discovered a Bible among the group and beat them when no one confessed to owning it. When they were refouled, North Korean officials confined NP-0375 and others at North Pyongan Provincial MSS Detention Center and subjected them to invasive cavity searches. 

Authorities sentenced NP-0375 to indefinite imprisonment at a political prison camp. 

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Valeriya Yantsen is detained for her religious belief and activity. 

In June 2026, authorities detained Yantsen and 4 other members of the banned True and Free Reform Seventh-day Adventist Church and charged them with "production and distribution of extremist materials" for possessing digital religious content. Earlier that month, police authorities raided the homes of several church members during house church worship services, confiscated their personal property, and temporarily detained several members for interrogation. Authorities confined Yantsen to Bishkek Prison No. 21.