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Marisela de Fátima Mejía Ruiz is imprisoned for her religious affiliation and religious leadership role.

In December 2023, Nicaraguan police arrested Ruiz, a pastor with the Puerta de la…

Mariam Al Qisoom is imprisoned in relation to human rights and civil rights work for a religious community. 

In February 2019, authorities reportedly arrested Qisoom in relation to her…

Yang Rongli is detained for her religious activity.

On August 7, 2021, authorities in Linfen municipality, Shanxi province, detained Yang and her husband Wang Xiaoguang, who are both…

Tatyana Ponomaryov was disappeared for her religious beliefs and activity.

On September 21, 2022, armed men in military uniform abducted Ponomaryov and her husband, a Baptist pastor, from…

Salma al-Shehab is imprisoned for her women's rights activism opposing state-imposed religious systems as well as her religious identity.

On January 15, 2021, authorities arrested al-…

Fariba Kamalabadi is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Kamalabadi in Tehran after raiding her home.

In December 2022, it…

Mahvash Sabet is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Sabet in Tehran after raiding her home. Security forces allegedly broke her…

Dechen Choedron was forcibly disappeared for her son's religious leadership role. 

On May 17, 1995, authorities abducted Choedron her then six-year old son Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, and the…

Savita Singh was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.

In October 2021, authorities arrested Singh and her husband, Nandha Nathaniel, after they were accused of trying…

Safoora Zargar was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On April 10, 2020, authorities arrested Zargar, a Muslim student activist and roughly three months pregnant at the…