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Andrey Garafetanovich Stupnikov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 3, 2018, authorities detained Stupnikov at the Yemelyanovo airport in Krasnoyarsk.
On…
Dmitriy Barmakin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 28, 2018, authorities arrested Barmakin and his wife, Yelena, after raiding the apartment they were…
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…
Alam Aliyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 17, 2018, security officers detained Aliyev after raiding his home. Authorities accused him of holding…
Aleksey Berchuk is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On January 21, 2019, authorities arrested Berchuk at a Moscow airport. The next day, he was formally charged with…
Dmitriy Golik is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 20, 2018, authorities searched Golik's home in Blagoveshchensk. Authorities placed him on recognizance…
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…
Amanollah Balochi is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious belief and activity.
On November 19, 2015, authorities arrested Balochi, a Sunni cleric, on his way home from…
Abdolrahim Kouhi is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious belief and activity.
On November 20, 2015, authorities arrested Kouhi, a Sunni cleric, from his home. Kouhi…
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…
Nguyen Hoang Nam is imprisoned in relation to his religious affiliation.
On July 24, 2023, authorities arrested Nam after accusing him of posting materials online that undermined…
Ahmad al-Shamri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In 2014, authorities arrested al-Shamri, accused him of using social media to insult or renounce Islam, and charged him…
Wang Mingquan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2017, authorities arrested Wang from his home. Police reportedly confiscated Falun Gong materials and…
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…
Liu Junhua is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 24, 2017, officers from the Heze Public Security Bureau Mudan Branch arrested Liu while he was writing…
Wu Baozhen is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 24, 2017, officers from the Heze Public Security Bureau Mudan Branch arrested Wu while he was writing scrips for…
Yao Shuzhi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 24, 2017, officers from the National Security Brigade of the Heze Public Security Bureau Mudan Branch…
Henok Ghebru is detained for his religious belief.
In January 2005, police authorities detained Ghebru for not having a government ID after the government had stripped Jehovah's…
Yonatan Yonas is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2005, Eritrean authorities arrested Yonas for his conscientious objection as a Jehovah's Witness and for…
Yosief Fessehaye is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2006, Eritrean authorities arrested Fessehaye for conscientiously objecting to military service as a Jehovah's…
Samuel Ghirmay is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2009, Eritrean authorities detained Ghirmay for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a…
Isaias Afeworki is detained for his religious activity.
In June 2009, authorities detained Afeworki for attending a religious meeting.
Thomas Tesfagabir is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Tesfagabir for attending a religious meeting.
Mardocai Estifanos is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Estifanos for attending a religious meeting.
Michael Gashazgi is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Gashazgi for attending a religious meeting.
Bereket Habteyesus is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In May 2014, authorities detained Habteyesus for conscientiously objecting to further military service after…
Yonatan Asgedom is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In September 2017, Eritrean authorities arrested Asgedom for his conscientious objection as a Jehovah's Witness.
Daniel Teka is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2017, authorities detained Teka for sharing his faith with others.
Naser Navard Goltapeh is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In February 2025, authorities detained Goltapeh and other Christians without charge and sent him to Evin Prison. …
Junaid Hafeez is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In March 2013, authorities arrested Hafeez, a lecturer…
Dong Qihong is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 16, 2013, police officers with Huai’an Public Security Bureau Huaiyin Branch detained Dong in relation to his…
Abdul Waheed is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In March 2017, security services detained Waheed and held him incommunicado after he was accused of uploading "…
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…
Farhang Sahba is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 23, 2018, intelligence agents arrested Sahba following a raid on his home. He was then …
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…
Sadriddin Mulloyev is imprisoned for his religious activity and association.
In September 2019, authorities arrested Mulloyev and accused him of being a member of Tablighi Jamaat, a banned…
Saeed Soltanpour is detained for his religious association and activity.
In November 2022, authorities arrested Soltanpour for the second time. His arrest came amid a crackdown on…
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.…
Yu Hai is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2017, officers from the National Security Brigade of Chengde City Public Security Bureau detained Yu in the…
Yu Jianwu is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2017, officers from the National Security Brigade of Chengde City Public Security Bureau detained Yu in the…
Tao Qidong is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 14, 2018, officers from the Yongxiu County Public Security Bureau detained Tao while at a worship gathering…
Li Fasheng is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 14, 2019, officers from the Dongxiang District Public Security Bureau in Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province,…
Chen Ziquan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 14, 2019, police from the Dongxiang District Public Security Bureau in Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province, detained…
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…
Sina Dehghan is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
On October 21, 2015, authorities arrested Dehghan, who was 19-year-old at the time, after he…
Mohammad Nouri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In or around October 2015, authorities reportedly arrested Nouri after accusing him of posting anti-Islamic content…
Wang Jian is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 27, 2018, officers from the Kuitun Public Security Bureau detained Wang reportedly in relation to his religious…
Doan Van Cu is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On February 10, 2012, authorities arrested Cu, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him…
Le Duy Loc is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On February 15, 2012, authorities arrested Loc, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged…
Le Trong Cu is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On February 5, 2012, authorities arrested Cu, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him with…
Luong Nhat Quang is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2012, authorities arrested Quang, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him…
Nguyen Dinh is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 23, 2012, authorities arrested Dinh, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged…
Nguyen Ky Lac is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On February 6, 2012, authorities arrested Lac, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him…
Nguyen Thai Binh is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 23, 2012, authorities arrested Binh, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged…
Tran Quan is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On February 10, 2012, authorities arrested Quan, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him…
Tu Thien Luong is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 23, 2012, authorities arrested Luong, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged…
Vo Thanh Le is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On February 5, 2012, authorities arrested Le, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him with…
Vo Tiet is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On February 5, 2012, authorities arrested Tiet, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him…
Vuong Tan Son is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On February 10, 2012, authorities arrested Son, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly…
Zhao Jiyuan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In July 2019, authorities arrested Zhao reportedly in relation to his Falun Gong activities. Police searched his home…
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…
Zhu Tonggui is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 23, 2018, authorities arrested Zhu Tonggui and his brother from their rental property in Linyi City. It is…
Taimoor Raza is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In April 2016, authorities arrested Raza after he was accused of insulting various Islamic figures on Facebook. …
Sunny Mushtaq is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In June 2019, authorities arrested 19-year-old Sunny Mushtaq and his friend, Noman Asghar, for receiving images…
Noman Asghar is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Asghar and his friend, Sunny Mushtaq, for receiving images deemed blasphemous via WhatsApp…
Ashfaq Masih is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In June 2017, authorities arrested Masih, a bicycle mechanic, following a dispute with a customer. Authorities charged Masih…
Asif Masih is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2017, authorities arrested 16-year-old Masih after he was accused of setting a Qur'an and another religious booklet on fire. A mob…
Yin Puhui is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 28, 2018, officers from the National Security Division of the Public Security Bureau in Changsha city…
Xiao Shunyuan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 24, 2017, police detained Xiao in Suzhou district, Jiuquan city, Gansu province, reportedly in relation to…
Aishanjiang Kari is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Kari, a textile trader, amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in…
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-…
Ma Zaojian is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Ma reportedly…
Shao Xingfu is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Shao reportedly in…
Ksor Ruk is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On October 30, 2018, authorities arrested Ruk, a missionary and religious leader. Authorities accused him of reviving Degar…
Siu Doang is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2016, authorities arrested Doang, a house-church leader, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government.…
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…
Siu Dik is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2016, authorities arrested Dik, a deacon, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. Authorities…
Ksor Phit is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2016, authorities arrested Phit, a deacon, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …
Ksor Pup is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2016, authorities arrested Pup, a house-church leader, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …
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…
Pan Feng is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2018, authorities arrested Pan after accusing him of handing out Falun-Gong related materials.
On an unspecified date,…
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…
Wang Ziming is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In November 2018, authorities arrested Wang, a Falun Gong practitioner, for allegedly defacing a Chine Communist Party…
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…
Annamurad Atdaev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Atdaev when he returned to Turkmenistan from Egypt, where he had been studying…
Adil Tuniyaz is detained for translating religious texts and for his ethnoreligious identity.
On or around December 25, 2017, …
Raymond Koh is forcibly disappeared for his religious activity.
On February 13, 2017, fifteen Royal Malaysian Police officers in three…