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Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was forcibly disappeared because of his religious leadership role.
On May 17, 1995, authorities abducted then six-year old Gedhun and his family. The…
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…
Adel Naimi was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In July 2012, intelligence agents arrested Naimi following a raid on his home. Authorities confiscated several…
Afshin Bulbulan was imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.
On September 23, 2018, intelligence agents arrested Bulbulan following a raid on his home. His arrest coincided with…
Ali Sani was imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.
On September 23, 2018, intelligence agents arrested Sani following a raid on his home. His arrest coincided with…
Anoush Rayeneh was imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.
On September 23, 2018, intelligence agents arrested Rayeneh following a raid on his home. His arrest coincided with a…
Milad Davardan was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 23, 2018, intelligence agents arrested Davardan following a raid on his home. His arrested coincided with…
Abdolreza Miraghasi was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In August 2014, authorities arrested Miraghasi reportedly while he was teaching about Erfan-e Halgheh. He was…
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…
Li Guo was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In May 2018, authorities arrested Li while he was allegedly distributing out Falun Gong-related materials. Police reportedly…
Zhang Ming was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 29, 2018, officers from Kuandian Country Domestic Security Division arrested Zhang and a colleague for having Falun Gong-…
Ro Mah Pla was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2013, authorities arrested Pla after accusing him of taking direction from Montagnards overseas to spread Degar…
Li Gang was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 19, 2017, officers from the Changji City Public Security Bureau detained Li reportedly for attending a religious…
Li Changxing was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Li after he removed posters criticizing Falun Gong.
In September 2018, the Haizhu Court…
Guo Yuanjun was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In May 2019, authorities arrested Guo and several others reportedly in relation to their practice of Falun Gong.
In October…
Wu Jianming was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 14, 2018, authorities arrested Wu for allegedly sharing information about Falun Gong and charged him with…
Lei Anxiang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Lei after accusing him of handing out Falun Gong-related materials.
In…
Sung A Khua was imprisoned in relation to his religious identity.
On January 2, 2019, Sung was sentenced to two years and two months in prison. Prior to the ruling, Sung and his…
Gao Hongwei was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In November 2018, authorities arrested Gao reportedly in relation to his practice of Falun Gong.
In December 2019…
Shang Zhaoxiang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In November 2018, authorities arrested Shang reportedly in relation to his practice of Falun Gong.
In December 2019, the…
Li Yongxin was imprisoned for publicly promoting his religion.
In August 2019, authorities arrested Li for putting up Falun Gong flyers.
In January 2020, the Lanshan District Court…
Raymond Koh was forcibly disappeared for his religious activity.
On February 13, 2017, fifteen Royal Malaysian Police officers in three…
Amri Che Mat was forcibly disappeared for his religious activity.
On November 24, 2016, Mat, a Shi'a Muslim convert, was abducted while driving to visit a friend. According to…
Qurbanjan Abdusemet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religiously oriented business activity.
In 2009, authorities detained Abdusemet and his brother reportedly for…
Seydehmet Awut was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Awut, reportedly for…
Erkin Emet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Emet, reportedly for teaching…
Mewlanjan Ehmet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On March 29, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Ehmet, reportedly for…
Dolqun Erkin was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On April 16, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Erkin, reportedly for…
Omerjan Memet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On May 7, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Memet, reportedly for…
Mutellip Rozi was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On April 16, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Rozi, reportedly…
Stan Swamy was detained and died in state custody for his civil society work helping religious communities.
On October 8, 2020, the National Investigation Agency arrested Swamy, a Jesuit…
Shi Xingjia was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2018, authorities arrested Shi from his home in relation to his practice of Falun Gong. Authorities…
Zheng Weidong was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2018, authorities arrested Zheng from his home following a wave of arrest of Falun Gong practitioners.…
Yuan Bin was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In January 2019, authorities arrested Yuan, a Falun Gong practitioner, after he sought the release of his sister, who was arrested for…
Liu Enquan was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In November 2018, authorities arrested Liu reportedly in relation to his practice of Falun Gong.
In June 2019, Liu was…
Gong Qinglin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2019, authorities arrested Gong after summoning him to a police station. Authorities reportedly seized Falun…
Zhang Chunqiu was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2019, authorities arrested Zhang reportedly in relation to his practice of Falun Gong.
On an…
Ablimit Abdurahman was imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On an unspecified date, authorities detained Abdurahman reportedly for listening to religious…
Mehmet Abdulla Enver was imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On an unspecified date, authorities detained Enver reportedly for "listening to a religious…
Urayim Axun was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, public security officials in Kashgar Konasheher (Shufu) County, Kashgar (Kashi) Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur…
Memettursun Islam was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2017, authorities detained Islam. Islam's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities…
Abdulletip Abdurahman was imprisoned for travel-related reasons and his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, public security officials in Qaraqash (Moyu) county, Hotan (Hetian) prefecture,…
Lhundrub Dorje was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 14, 2020, authorities arrested Lhundrub reportedly for sharing images and teachings of the Dalai Lama online…
Chang Man Sik is detained for his religious activity.
In July 2000, authorities in China arrested Chang Man Sik for his religious activities. Chang Man Sik had previously escaped…
Lee Soo Gil was executed for his religious activity.
In December 2001, authorities in China arrested Lee Soo Gil for evangelizing and helping North Korean refugees escape to South Korea. He…
Runh was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2012, authorities arrested Runh, a house-church leader, in relation to his activities with the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church. …
A Kuin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2013, authorities arrested Kuin, a member of the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church, after he attended a prayer…
A Tik was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2015, authorities arrested Tik for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …
Sun Jun was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 17, 2016, police arrested Sun after he went to the police station to learn more about the detention of his wife, Zhang Xia, who…
Kuang Dongliang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On September 27, 2017, authorities from Hanyin county, Ankang municipality, Shaanxi province, detained Kuang reportedly in…
Wu Chaoqi was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In August 2018, authorities from of Dianbai district, Maoming municipality, Guangdong province, detained Wu Chaoqi, his mother,…
Liu Fengbao was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On January 7, 2019, police in Yushu city, Changchun municipality, Jilin province, detained Liu alongside two colleagues after…
Ding Guozhu was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 21, 2018, authorities detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Ding, after they had allegedly shared information…
Gao Jianjun was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 5, 2018, authorities in Haizhou district, Lianyungang municipality, Jiangsu province, detained 11 Lianyungang residents,…
Asghar Kalar was detained for blasphemy.
On September 26, 2021, authorities arrested Kalar after he was charged with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC). According to the…
Joshua Hilmy was forcibly disappeared for his religious belief and activity.
On November 30, 2016, Hilmy, who is a pastor, and his wife, Ruth Sitepu, were disappeared at the hands…
Luo Baojun was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 25, 2018, authorities in Yingze district, Taiyuan municipality, Shanxi province, arrested Luo in a colleague's…
Song Konghua was imprisoned for his religious activity.
Between August 31, 2017, to October 13, 2017, public security officials in Yilan county, Harbin municipality, and…
Zeng Haiping was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 21, 2018, police in Meizhou municipality, Guangdong province arrested Zeng in relation to his practice of Falun Gong…
Gao Zhisheng remains forcibly disappeared for his work defending human rights and religious minorities.
On August 13, 2017, Gao, a human rights lawyer, was forcibly disappeared from his…
Siu Hlom was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In August 2010, authorities arrested Hlom after a series of protests in Gia Lai rubber plantations. Authorities accused him…
Run was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2013, authorities arrested Run after authorities accused him of using his affiliation with the Ha Mon Catholic Church, a…
Rmah Bloanh was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2014, authorities arrested Bloanh after accusing him of organizing meetings to establish support for Degar…
Rmah Khil was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2014, authorities arrested Khil after accusing him of organizing meetings to establish support for Degar…
Dinh Kuh was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2015, authorities arrested Kuh for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …
Y Hriam Kpa was imprisoned for his religious activity and for resisting state pressure to dissolve his church.
On July 30, 2015, authorities arrested Kpa, a house-church leader in Ea H’leo…
James Su Zhimin was forcibly disappeared for his religious leadership role and activity.
In March 1996, Su, an unregistered bishop in Baoding, Hebei Province, was arrested…
Jalal Labbad was imprisoned and executed for his religious identity and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On February 23, 2017, authorities arrested Labbad from his family’s home…
Abdulla Abdurahman was imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On an unspecified date, authorities detained Abdurahman reportedly for listening to religious…
Ashin Sobitha is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On February 1, 2021, military forces detained Sobitha, a monk known for opposing religious nationalism in Burma.…
Ataollah Melaki was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2017, security agents arrested Melaki and several other Baha’is following a raid on their homes in…
Yusef Mehrdad was imprisoned and executed on blasphemy-related charges.
In May 2020, authorities arrested Mehrdad from his home in Ardabil after accusing him and others of being a member of…
Seyyed Sadrullah Fazeli Zare was imprisoned and executed on blasphemy-related charges.
In May 2020, authorities arrested Zare after accusing him and others of being a member of a Telegram…
Liu Honggeng is imprisoned for his religious leadership role and for practicing his religion without state-approval.
On May 7, 2015, authorities in Baoding city, Hebei province,…
Trinle Tsekar was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 20, 2013,…
Konchog Phuntsog was forcibly disappeared for his son's religious leadership role.
On May 17, 1995, authorities abducted Phuntsog, his then six-year old son Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, and…
Gyaltsen was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On March 15, 2008, public security officials in Sangye (Samye) township, Zhanang (Dranang) county, Shannan (Lhokha)…
Tenzin Buchung was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On March 15, 2008, public security officials in Sangye (Samye) township, Zhanang (Dranang) county, Shannan (…
Tenzin Dargye was imprisoned for adherence to a religious figure.
In September 2020, authorities in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan…
Kunsal was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 7, 2019, authorities in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan…
Sota was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 7, 2019, authorities in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province…
Yonten was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 21, 2019, authorities arrested Yonten and another individual after they had protested outside of a police…
Lhagyal was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 21, 2019, authorities arrested Lhagyal and another individual after they had protested outside of a police…
Tsultrim Nyandrag was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In December 2013, public…
Tsultrim Kalsang was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 1, 2012, authorities raided Zilkar Monastery, near Zhaduo (Dzatoe) township, Chenduo (Tridu) county…
Tsezung Kyab was imprisoned in relation to religious freedom protests.
In December 2012, public security officials detained several Tibetans, including Kyab, in relation to a…
Kalsang Sonam was imprisoned in relation to religious freedom protests.
In December 2012, public security officials detained several Tibetans, including Sonam, in relation to a…
Kalsang Gyatso was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On October 23, 2012, public security officials detained 6 Tibetans, including Gyatso,…
Namse was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On August 12, 2012, public security officials detained several monks…
Lobsang Sanggye was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In August 2017, authorities in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture,…
Lobsang Gedun was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On July 1, 2013, public security officials detained Gedun, a monk at Drongsar Monastery, as he staged a…
Khedrub Gyatso was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2012, public security officials in Haixi (Tsonub) Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture…
Lobsang Tsering was imprisoned for sending information about self-immolations.
In August 2012, Chinese authorities arrested Tsering and his uncle Kirti Monastery monk Lobsang Konchog after…
Chen Kaiqi was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 28, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Chen in relation to her production and…
Ren Shenglin was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 16, 2016, authorities detained Ren reportedly in relation to his Falun Gong activity…
Abdullah al-Derazi was imprisoned and executed for his religious identity and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On August 27, 2014, Tarut Island Police arrested al-Derazi in…
Muzaffar Davlatmirov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 26, 2022, authorities in Gorno-Badakhshan Region (GBAO) detained Davlatmirov, a prominent cleric, reportedly for…
Cheng Jinfeng was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 18, 2014, authorities from Shizuishan…
Geng Zejun was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 5, 2021, authorities from Huinong district detained Geng, pastor of the house church Church of…
Muhammad Mustafa is detained for not engaging in religious activities according to the standards of a non-state entity.
On May 31, 2021, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham forces reportedly arrested…