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Abune Antonios was placed under house arrest and died in state custody for resisting state-interference in church affairs.
On January 20, 2006, authorities notified Antonios, patriarch of…
Kidane Weldou is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In March 2005, authorities forcibly disappeared Weldou from the streets of Asmara, leaving his car abandoned. Weldou…
Haile Naizghe is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In May 2004, authorities arrested Naizghe, a pastor of the Full Gospel Church, which was part of a network of banned…
Meron Gebreselasie is detained for his religious leadership role.
In June 2004, authorities arrested Gebreselasie, pastor of Massawa Rhema Evangelical Church, for his leadership…
Kiflu Gebremeskel is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In May 2004, Eritrean authorities arrested Gebremeskel, a pastor of the banned Southwest Full Gospel…
Mohammad bin Hassan al-Habib is imprisoned for his religious expression, leadership role, and religious freedom advocacy.
In July 2016, authorities detained al-Habib, a Shi'a cleric, as he…
Mo Xiufeng is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 2, 2017, plainclothes police officers from Lishui city, Zhejiang province, detained Mo after raiding her home…
Wu Lin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 21, 2017, police from Lishui, Zhejiang province, arrested Wu reportedly in relation to her religious leadership role,…
Bao Shuguang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 1, 2017, public security officials from Zaozhuang municipality, Shandong province, detained Bao, a church leader,…
Jiang Xingmei is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 23, 2017, authorities criminally detained Jiang, a church leader, after accusing her of organizing religious…
Chen Hong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 23, 2017, authorities criminally detained Chen, a church leader, after accusing her organizing religious meetings,…
Bai Lanxiang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 23, 2017, authorities criminally detained Bai, a church leader, after accusing her of organizing religious…
Gu Liya is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 23, 2017, authorities criminally detained Gu, a church leader, after accusing her of organizing religious meetings…
Zhu Jinlian is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On September 30, 2017, police from Pingyuan dounty, Shandong province, detained Zhu reportedly in relation to her religious…
He Zhexun is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 11, 2009, police arrested He in Xuchang city, Henan province reportedly in relation to his religious leadership…
Yang Meiyun is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 2, 2017, officers from the Keshan Branch of the Quzhou Public Security Bureau detained Yang while she was boarding…
Zeng Lingying is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On September 23, 2016, authorities criminally detained Yuan reportedly in relation to her religious work, organizing of…
Li Wanbi is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On May 17, 2017, authorities in Wanzhou District of Chongqing City detained Li reportedly in relation to her…
Zheng Shihong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 17, 2016, the police in Weifang city, Shandong province, detained Zheng reportedly in relation to her…
Yang Xia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 17, 2016, the police in Weifang city, Shandong province, detained Yang reportedly in relation to her religious…
Ren Guixia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On February 18, 2015, police detained Ren at her home reportedly in relation to her religious leadership role, organizing of…
Li Hong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 30, 2017, authorities arrested Li reportedly in relation to her religious belief, alleged leadership role,…
Dai Ling’en is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 2, 2017, authorities arrested Dai in relation to his religious beliefs and alleged religious leadership role.…
Xiang Caihua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 22, 2018, officers from Kuitun City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang detained Xiang reportedly in relation…
Cui Jing is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In June 2018, police officers from the Kuitun City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang detained Cui reportedly in relation to…
Gui Chengxia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In June 2018, officers from the Kuitun City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang detained Gui reportedly in relation to…
He Chun is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2018, police officers from the Kuitun City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang detained He reportedly in…
Hu Wenlan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 3, 2018, officers from the Yining City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang detained Hu, a member of the Church of…
Zhang Xue is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2018, officers from the Yining City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang detained Zhang reportedly in relation to…
Tang Xiaorong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 3, 2018, officers from the Yining City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang detained Tang reportedly in…
Huang Qiuxiang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 29, 2018, police from the Yining City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang detained Huang reportedly in…
Xiong Qunqun is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 29, 2018, officers from the Linchuan Branch of Fuzhou Public Security Bureau detained Xiong reportedly in…
Xiang Mingqiong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On September 11, 2018, officers from the Wanzhou District Public Security Bureau detained Xiang reportedly in relation…
Yuan Hongfen is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 24, 2018, officers from the Beizhai Police Station of Qingdao Municipal Public Security Bureau Laoshan…
Li Yongqiu is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 24, 2018, officers from the Zhonghan Police Station of the Qingdao Municipal Public Security Bureau detained…
Hou Jingran is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 2, 2017, officers from the Tianjin Public Security Bureau detained Hou reportedly in relation to her…
Zhou Jiarong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On February 28, 2018, authorities detained Zhou reportedly in relation to her religious leadership role and printing of…
Wang Xiaomei is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 2, 2017, officers from Fuyang district of Hangzhou city detained Wang reportedly in relation to her religious…
Lou Huiping is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 2, 2017, authorities in the Fuyang district of Hangzhou city arrested Lou reportedly in relation to…
Phan Van Thu was imprisoned and died in state custody for his religious activity.
On February 5, 2012, authorities arrested Thu, the founder of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious…
Jia Zifang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On September 11, 2017, officers from from Haidian district detained Jia reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs…
Xiao Meili is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On December 13, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Xiao reportedly in…
Liang Junlan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 27, 2018, officers from the Shuangliao Public Security Bureau detained Liang reportedly in relation to her…
Pang Qing is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On January 10, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Pang reportedly in…
Hu Chunhong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In March 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Hu reportedly in relation…
Wang Xiupin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In June 2018, officers from the Kuitun Public Security Bureau detained Wang reportedly in relation to her religious…
Li Yongqiu is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 22, 2018, officers from the Yining City Public Security Bureau detained Li reportedly in relation to her…
Cheng Hui is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Chepaizi Reclamation Area detained Cheng reportedly in…
Liu Zhi is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 24, 2018, officers from the Qingdao City Public Security Bureau arrested Liu reportedly in relation to her…
Shireli Memeteli is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In November 2018, authorities detained Memeteli, a taxi driver, reportedly for transporting a religious figure and receiving…
Dadihan is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2018, authorities in Atush (Atushi) city, Kizilsu (Kezilesu) Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture,…
Eduard Nizamov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 10, 2018, authorities arrested Nizamov after accusing him of being the leader of a network of cells for the…
Donaida Pérez Paseiro is imprisoned for her religious leadership.
On July 16, 2021, Cuban authorities arrested Paseiro, the president of the Free Yoruba Association of Cuba, an independent…
Loreto Hernández García is imprisoned for his religious leadership.
On July 16, 2021, Cuban authorities arrested Paseiro, the president of the Free Yoruba Association of Cuba, an independent…
Hassan Farhan al-Maliki is detained for his religious expression and religious freedom advocacy.
In September 2017, authorities arrested al-Maliki, an…
Li Xiao is imprisoned for her religious activity and expression.
On December 2, 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Li. Reports suggest…
Liu Jianhui is imprisoned for her religious activity and expression.
On October 2, 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Liu. Reports…
Salman al-Ouda is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In September 2017, police arrested al-Ouda, a sheikh and Islamic scholar, from his home amid a state-wide wave…
Sheikh Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara is imprisoned for blasphemy.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Kabara, a cleric, and charged him with blasphemy and incitement for his allegedly “defamatory…
Abdulazeez Inyass is imprisoned for blasphemy.
In May 2015, Nigerian authorities arrested Inyass for allegedly saying that Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, the founder of the Tijaniya order to…
Zhang Chunlei is detained for his religious activity.
On March 16, 2021, authorities detained Zhang, an elder of the Love (Ren’ai) Reformed Church, for "illegally operating as an…
Sirojiddin Abdurahmonov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In November 2020, authorities arrested Abdurahmonov, an imam, following a raid on his apartment while he was teaching…
Mahmadsodyk Sayidov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2021, authorities arrested Sayidov, an imam, after he refused to give a state-provided sermon at his mosque.
In…
Ali al-Omari is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In September 2017, authorities arrested al-Omari, an Islamic scholar, talk-show personality, and chairman of TV…
Wang Yi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 9, 2018, authorities detained Wang, pastor of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu and a former human…
Umar Gautam is detained for his religious activity.
In June 2021, authorities arrested Gautam, a Muslim convert, Islamic scholar, and founder of the Islamic Da’…
Qazi Jahangir Qasmi is detained for his religious activity.
In June 2021, authorities arrested Qasmi, an Islamic cleric and employee at the Islamic Da’wah…
Go Sherab Gyatso is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 26, 2020, authorities arrested Sherab Gyatso - a Tibetan monk, religious philosopher, and advocate of a…
Lobsang Tenzin is imprisoned for his religious belief and adherence to a religious figure.
In June 2014, public security officials in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) arrested…
Ali Badahdah is imprisoned in relation to his religious activity and leadership.
On September 12, 2017, armed soldiers arrested Badahdah, an imam and professor of hadith at King Abdul Aziz…
Abdullah Basfar is imprisoned for his religious activity and leadership.
In August 2020, authorities arrested Basfar, an imam, professor, well-known Qur’an reciter, and former Secretary-…
Afif Naeimi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Naeimi in Karaj after raiding his home.
On December 13, 2022,…
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…
Saleh Al Talib is imprisoned for his religious expression leadership.
In August 2018, authorities arrested Talib, an imam at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, following a sermon he gave criticizing…
Joseph Shahbazian is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 30, 2020, authorities arrested Shahbazian, a house-church leader, following raids targeting house-churches…
Enayatollah Naeimi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 28, 2022, authorities in Isfahan arrested Naeimi reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i. …
Cui Tai is detained for his religious leadership role.
On June 19, 2020, police in Zhangjiakou municipality, Hebei province, detained Cui Tai, a Catholic bishop, reportedly in…
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 “…
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…
Wang Xiaoguang is detained for his religious activity.
On August 7, 2021, authorities in Linfen municipality, Shanxi province, detained Wang and his wife Yang Rongli, who are…
Abdul Majeed Al-Arkani is imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
In 2020, authorities arrested Al-Arkani, an imam, for being friendly with a prominent Turkish figure, Yasin…
Khaled Al-Rashed is imprisoned for his religious expression and association.
In March 2006, Saudi authorities arrested Al-Rashed, a cleric, for his membership in the Movement of Reformers…
Thian Lian Sang is imprisoned for his religious leadership role.
In September 2021, authorities arrested Sang, a Chin Baptist pastor, amid a wave of detentions by the Burmese Army of…
Abdul Rashid Dawoodi is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In September 2022, police in Jammu and Kashmir arrested Dawoodi, a Sufi cleric and founder of the Tehreek-e-…
Nikolai Ulitin is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities detained Ulitin, pastor of the Pentecostal Christ the Savior Church, following searches on…
Svyatoslav Yugov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2023, authorities detained Yugov, former pastor of the New Generation Church in Chelyabinsk. Yugov…
Bahram Saparov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2013, authorities arrested Saparov after he was accused of being "…
Abdulmajid Moradzahi is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2023, authorities arrested Moradzahi, a prominent Sunni cleric, during protests in Zahedan…
Abdolaziz Omarzahi is detained in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On April 30, 2023, authorities arrested Omarzahi, a lecturer at the Makki seminary school…
Abdollah Barahouie is detained in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On August 12, 2023, authorities reportedly arrested Barahouie, a scholar at the Madineh al…
Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi is detained for his religious activity.
On August 20, 2023, authorities reportedly arrested Naghshbandi, the imam and Friday prayer leader in Rask,…
Kostiantyn Maksimov is imprisoned for his religious belief.
On May 16, 2023, Russian forces in Russian-occupied Chongar, Ukraine, detained Maksimov, a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox…
Wan Changchun is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On April 11, 2023, authorities from Yuhui district, Bengbu municipality, Anhui province detained Wan, a pastor from the…
Ervin López is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In December 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested López, a priest from the Diocese of León. His arrest came…
Abdulhannon Usmonov is imprisoned for his religious activity and association.
In January 2023, authorities from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Khatlon region arrested Abdulhannon…
Ding Zhongfu is detained for his religious leadership role.
In November 2023, law enforcement authorities in Hefei city, Anhui province, arrested Ding, an elder of the unregistered house…
Frutos Constantino Valle Salmerón is detained for his religious association and leadership role.
On July 26, 2024, Nicaraguan police arrested Salmerón, a priest and the administrator of…
Raúl Francisco Villegas is detained for his religious association and leadership role.
On August 2, 2024, the authorities arrested Villegas, the parish priest of the Nuestra Señora de…