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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…
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. …
Ju Dianhong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In late 2016 (around September), Yunnan authorities detained Ju and several colleagues. They were…
Liang Qin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In late 2016 (around September), Yunnan authorities detained Liang and several colleagues. They were…
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…
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.…
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. …
Y Pum Bya is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 10, 2018, Vietnamese authorities arrested Y Pum Bya, a church leader, after accusing him of spreading false…
Y Min Ksor is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2018, authorities arrested Ksor, a member of the unregistered Good News Missionary Church, during a police raid on a house…
Zhao Huaiguo is detained for his religious activity.
On March 14, 2020, state security officials detained Zhao, pastor of the unregistered house church Bethel Church, from his…
Rah Lan Hip is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In May 2019, state media announced that authorities had arrested Hip for "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 116/2015…
Kpuih Khuong is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2014, authorities arrested Khuong, a leader in the Degar Protestant Church, after accusing him of organizing meetings in support…
Ro Ma Daih is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Daih for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…
Puih Bop is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Bop for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…
Ksor Kam is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Kam for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…
Ro Lan Kly is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Kly for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…
Dinh Nong is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Nong for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…
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…
Ameen Khaki is imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In November 2020, authorities raided Khaki's home and confiscated his personal belongings, including…
Alireza Nourmohammadi is imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In November 2020, authorities raided Nourmohammadi's home and confiscated his personal belongings,…
Sakineh Behjati is imprisoned for practicing her faith as a convert.
On May 14, 2020, authorities took Behjati, a member of the Church of Iran, into custody after being unable to pay…
Dinh Yum is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2013, authorities arrested Yum, a house church leader, after accusing him of spreading Degar Protestantism, a…
Rah Lan Rah is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2020, authorities arrested Rah following a crackdown on the First Christian Church, an independent house church…
Siu Chon is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2020, authorities arrested Chon following a crackdown on the First Christian Church, an independent house church.…
Ro Mah Them is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2020, authorities arrested Them following a crackdown on the First Christian Church, an independent house…
Y Tup Knul is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 6, 2020, authorities arrested Knul for his affiliation with the Degar Protestant Church, a religious movement not…
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…
Y Wo Nie is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 13, 2021, authorities arrested Nie, a member of an independent house church Dak Lak, for taking online…
Li Juncai is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 20, 2019, authorities in Xinxiang…
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…
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 “…
Zhou Jinxia is detained for her religious activity.
On February 20, 2022, authorities detained Zhou, a member of the Beijing Aiqi house church, as she preached in front of the…
Liu Yingxu is detained for their religious belief and activity.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu municipality, Sichuan province,…
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…
Chen Lijun is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 13, 2022, authorities in Luanchuan county, Luoyang municipality, Henan province, detained Chen, a…
Aleksandr Gabyshev is detained for his religious expression, belief, and activity.
On January 27, 2021, authorities arrested Gabyshev and sent him to a psychiatric hospital after…
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…
Lian Changnian is detained for his religious activity.
On August 17, 2022, police arrested Lian, who is a pastor, and two other members of the unregistered house church Church of…
Fu Juan is detained for her religious activity.
On August 17, 2022, police arrested Fu and two other members of the unregistered house church Church of Abundance in Xi’an city,…
Lian Xuliang is detained for his religious activity.
On August 17, 2022, police arrested Lian, who is a pastor, and two other members of the unregistered house church Church of…
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…
Andrey Kapatsyna is imprisoned for conscientious objection.
On September 23, 2022, Kapatsyna was sent to a military unit in Vladivostok after he received a military summons to support…
Vyacheslav Reznichenko is imprisoned for conscientious objection.
On June 15, 2023, the Vladivostok Garrison Military Court sentenced Reznichenko to two years and six months in…
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…
Ding Zhongfu is detained for his religious leadership role.
On November 30, 2023, law enforcement authorities in Hefei city, Anhui province, arrested Ding, an elder of the unregistered…
Salai Ayla Lone Wai is imprisoned for his religious activity, leadership, and ethnoreligious identity.
On December 28, 2021, Burmese military authorities arrested Ayla Lone Wai, an ethnic…
Mussie Ezaz is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2007, authorities arrested Ezaz, an evangelist of 14 years and leader of the unregistered evangelical Kale Hiwot (Word…
Gao Quanfu is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In May 2025, authorities arrested Gao, pastor of Light of Zion Church, at his home in Xi'an and accused him of "…
Qu Hongbo is detained for his religious belief and leadership role.
In June 2025, authorities detained Qu Hongbo, pastor of Shenyang’s Sai’erte Youth Fellowship, a church affiliated…
Wang Lin is detained for his religious belief and leadership role.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wang in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, along with dozens of other Christians…
Yin Huibin is detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Yin in Beihai, Guangxi, along with dozens of other Christians affiliated…
Sun Cong is detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Sun in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Liu Zhenbin is detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Liu in Qingdao along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with…
Liu Jiang is detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Lu in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Sun Xue was detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Sun in Zhengzhou along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Gao Yinjia is detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Gao in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Hu Yanzi is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Hu in Jinhua along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Wei Yunfei is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wei in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Li Shengjuan is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Li in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with…
Zhu Mingli is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Zhu in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Wu Qiuyu is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wu in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Zhan Ge is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Zhan in Jiaxing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
An Mei is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested An in Beihai, Guangxi along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with…
Cui Xiaole is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Cui in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Wang Zhong is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wang in Shanghai along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with…
Wang Cong is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wang in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Zhou Songlin is detained for his religious activity.
In November 2023, Chinese authorities arrested Zhou Songlin, a pastor of the unregistered Hefei’s Ganquan Church.
In…
Jonathan David Muir Burgos is detained for his religious association.
In March 2026, authorities arrested 16-year-old Muir Burgos along with his father, Pastor Elier Muir Ávila, during…
Li Yingqiang is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In February 2026, police authorities arrested Li, an elder at Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan…
Jia Xuewei is under house arrest for his religious activity and leadership role.
In January or February 2026, police authorities detained Jia, Vice Deacon of Early Rain Covenant Church…
Ye Fenghua is under house arrest for his religious activity.
In January or February 2026, police authorities detained Ye, an affiliate of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan…
Pang Yu is detained for her religious activity and association.
In September 2025, authorities arrested Pang, the wife of Gao Quanfu, pastor of Light of Zion Church, and accused her of…
Victim NP-0065 is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2019, Ministry of People's Security officials detained NP-0065, a shamanistic practitioner, for his religious activities.…
Victim NP-0066 is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In 2019, Ministry of People's Security officials detained NP-0066, a shamanistic practitioner, for her religious activities.…
Shao Huaxan is detained for his religious belief and association.
In June 2025, authorities detained Shao Huaxan and four others for their involvement in the banned Full Scope Church…
Wang Xiangchao is detained for his religious belief and association.
In June 2025, authorities detained Wang Xiangchao and four others for their involvement in the banned Full Scope…
Gu Hui is detained for his religious belief and association.
In June 2025, authorities detained Gu Hui and four others for their involvement in the banned Full Scope Church movement.…
Liu Xueyun is detained for her religious belief and association.
In June 2025, authorities detained Liu Xiangchao and four others for their involvement in the banned Full Scope Church…
Tang Bingyi is detained for his religious belief and leadership role.
In May 2025, police authorities detained Tang Bingyi, pastor of the unregistered Light of Zion Church in Xi’an,…
Xu Kehong is detained for his religious activity.
In February 2025, authorities arrested Xu, a member of Xinyi Village (Covenant) Church, along with several other church members.…
Shang Lei is detained for his religious activity.
In February 2025, authorities arrested Shang, a member of Xinyi Village (Covenant) Church, along with several other church members.…
Zhao Hongliang is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In February 2025, authorities arrested Zhao, pastor of Xinyi Village (Covenant) Church, along with several…
Victim NP-0304 is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In 2019, Ministry of People's Security officials arrested NP-0304 for practicing shamanism and forced her into confession at a…
Victim NP-0149 is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In 2018, North Korean officials arrested NP-0149 for engaging in shamanistic practices and confined her in Sinuiju City MPS…
Nadezhda Ukhova is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In October 2023, authorities detained Ukhova, a parishioner of the banned Vozrozhenie ("Revival") Church, for her involvement…
Mikhail Koval is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In October 2023, authorities detained Koval, parishioner of the banned Vozrozhenie ("Revival") Church, for his involvement with…
Yevgeny Zhuravsky is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In June 2026, authorties detained Zhuravsky and 4 other members of the banned True and Free Reform Seventh-day…
Valeriya Yantsen is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In June 2026, authorities detained Yantsen and 4 other members of the banned True and Free Reform Seventh-day…