Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Russia
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Date of Detainment: October//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Nasiba Saidova
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Nasiba Saidova is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea raided Saidova's home before dawn, searched for prohibited religious literature, and arrested her. Authorities accused her of being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, a religious organization banned in Russia but not Ukraine, and confined her in a pre-trial detention facility.
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: North Korea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Victim NP-0417
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Victim NP-0417 is detained for her religious activity.
In 2004, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0417, along with 18 other victims, for her involvement with an underground Christian church led by two families. Authorities confined her at North Pyongan Provincial MSS Detention Center, where detainees are subjected to forced nudity and invasive cavity searches, beatings, overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and starvation. Authorities transferred her to Chongjin Susong Political Prison Camp (No. 25).
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: North Korea
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Victim NP-0416
Extra Bio Info:
Victim NP-0416 is detained for her religious activity.
In 2004, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0416, along with 18 other victims, for her involvement with an underground Christian church led by two families. Authorities confined her at North Pyongan Provincial MSS Detention Center, where detainees are subjected to forced nudity and invasive cavity searches, beatings, overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and starvation. Authorities transferred her to Chongjin Susong Political Prison Camp (No. 25).