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Yang Jianxin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In early 2021, authorities detained Yang, pastor of a house church, for “conducting illegal business operations” and “…

Elham Choubdar is imprisoned for her LGBTI+ identity through religious motivated grounds.

On an unspecified date around late 2021, authorities arrested Choubdar in relation to her real or…

Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani was imprisoned for her human rights work in support of the LGBTQI+ community.

On October 27, 2021, authorities detained Sedighi-Hamadani in Urumieh, West Azerbaijan…

Ismail Isaev is imprisoned in relation to state-imposition of a particular religious interpretation. 

On February 4, 2021, Isaev and Isaev's sibling, Salekh Magamadov, - two LGBTI+ youths…

Salekh Magamadov is imprisoned in relation to state-imposition of a particular religious interpretation. 

On February 4, 2021, Magamadov and Magamadov's sibling, Ismail Isaev, - two LGBTI…

Chen Yu is imprisoned in relation to his religiously oriented business.

On September 13, 2019, public security officials from Linhai City, Taizhou Municipality, Zhejiang Province, arrested…

Emetjan is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and in relation to his religiously oriented business.

In 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained…

Rizaydin Abdureshit is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and in relation to his religiously oriented business.

In 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)…

Qurbanjan Abdusemet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religiously oriented business activity. 

In 2009, authorities detained Abdusemet and his brother reportedly for…

Phan Thanh Tuong was imprisoned for his religious activity.

In late February/early March 2012, authorities arrested Tuong, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and…