Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Vietnam
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: April/8/2023
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Extra Bio Info:
Y Krec Bya is imprisoned for his religious association and religious freedom advocacy.
On April 8, 2023, Vietnamese authorities arrested Y Krec Bya, a Montagnard Christian and member of the unsanctioned Evangelical Church of Christ of the Central Highlands.
On March 28, 2024, a court in Dak Lak sentenced him to 13 years' imprisonment and five years' probation for “undermining solidarity.” Y Krec Bya was previously arrested multiple times and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment on similar charges in 2004.
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Afghanistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Sentence: Death
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Abdul Alim Khamoosh
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Abdul Alim Khamoosh is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious expression.
In 2025, Afghan authorities arrested Khamosh, a teacher in Paktika, for allegedly telling students that science was more important than religious studies.
In July 2025, a Taliban court sentenced him to death for “insulting Sharia and the Prophet of Islam.”
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Afghanistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sufi
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Ibrahim Gailani
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Ibrahim Gailani is detained for his religious belief and leadership.
On September 5, 2025, the Taliban’s Ministry of the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice announced it had arrested Gailani, a prominent Sufi leader, for “misusing Sufism” and carrying out religious practices "contrary to Sharia."