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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…
Abdujelil Hajim is detained for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained several Uyghur…
Jume Nasir is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In July 2016, authorities detained Nasir reportedly for praying inside his business. Additional reasons…
Beyshihan Hoshur is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In March 2018, authorities detained Hoshur and several other elderly women in relation to their…
Abdulla Abdurahman is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In March 2018, authorities in Pichan (Shanshan) county, Turpan (Tulufan) municipality, Xinjiang…
Yasin Tursun is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Tursan, a farmer and Communist Party member, reportedly for "…
Ziyawudun Choruq is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On an unknown date in 2017, authorities in Korla (Ku’erle) city, Bayangol (Bayinguoleng) Mongol…
Tursun Hoshur is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In July 2017, public security authorities in Shaptul township, Peyziwat (Jiashi) county,…
Gheni Haji is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Haji and…
Memet Tursun Haji is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Haji,…
Imin Hajim is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Hajim, …
Waleed abu al-Khair is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In April 2014, authorities arrested al-Khair for legally defending religious prisoners of conscience, including Raif…
Khurram Parvez is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2021, authorities arrested Parvez, a Muslim human rights advocate in Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state.…
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…
Surendra Gadling is detained for religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2018, police in Maharashtra arrested Gadling, a human rights lawyer known for defending…
Jyoti Jagtap is detained for her religious freedom advocacy.
In September 2020, the Anti-Terrorism Squad in Pune arrested Jagtap, a human rights activist, for…
Wangchen is detained for his religious activity.
In June 2023, police in Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained Wangchen while he was on pilgrimage with his family.…
Thubten Pema Lhundrub is detained for adherence to a religious figure.
On May 14, 2019, public security officials in Kangtsa (Gangcha) county, Tsojang (Haibei) Tibetan Autonomous…
Jagtar Singh Johal is detained for his religious belief and religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2017, over a dozen plainclothes officers arrested Jagtar Johal, a Sikh activist and…
Yevgeny Tarasov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Tarasov, after raiding their homes and…
Mukazhan Ksyupov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Ksyupov, after raiding their homes and…
Parviz Zeynalov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Zeynalov, after raiding their homes and…
Urdash Abdullayev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Abdullayev, after raiding their homes and…
Aleksey Dyadkin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 21, 2020, authorities arrested Dyadkin after he meeting with investigators for questioning.…
Aleksey Goreliy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Goreliy after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Vladimir Popov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 12, 2020, authorities arrested Popov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Oleg Shidlovskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Shidlovskiy after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Payam Vali is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 24, 2022, authorities in Karaj arrested Vali reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i. Security…
Roman Baranovskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 10, 2019, authorities in Abkan arrested Baranovskiy following raids on the homes of Jehovah's…
Yaroslav Kalin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Kalin following raids on the homes of several…
Sergey Kosteyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Kosteyev following raids on the homes of several Jehovah'…
Nikolay Martynov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Martynov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah…
Mikhail Moysh is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Moysh following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's…
Igor Popov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 30, 2021, authorities in Mezhdurechensk detained Popov following a raid on his home. Investigators had…
Denis Sarazhakov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 30, 2021, authorities in Askiz detained Sarazhakov following a raid on his home.…
Aleksey Solnechny is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Solnechny following raids on the homes of…
Andrey Tolmachev is impisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Tolmachev following raids on the homes of…
Sergey Vasilyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Tolmachev following raids on the homes of several…
Yevgeniy Zhukov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Zhukov following searches on…
Vladimir Maladyka is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Maladyka following…
Vladimir Sakada is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Sakada following searches on…
Sergey Ananin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 14, 2021, authorities in Belovo detained Ananin after searching the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses. He…
Jumanazar Hojambetow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Hojambetow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of…
Begejik Begejikow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Begejikow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of Said…
Ahmet Mammetdurdyyew is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Mammetdurdyyew and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings…
Meret Owezow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Owezow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of Said Nursi,…
Myratdurdy Shamyradow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Shamyradow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of…
Sergey Kardakov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Kardakov to six years and…
Sergey Yermilov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Yermilov to six years and…
Adam Svarichevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Svarichevskiy to six…
Anton Olshevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Olshevskiy to six years…
Sergey Afanasiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Afanasiyev to six years…
Kamile Wayit is detained in relation to her ethnoreligious identity and her brother's human rights work.
On December 12, 2022, authorities in Atush (Atushi) city, Kizilsu (Kezilesu) Kyrgyz…
Irfan Mehraj is detained for religious freedom advocacy.
In March 2023, National Investigation Agency authorities arrested Mehraj, a human rights activist and journalist known for his…
Server Mustafayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On May 21, 2018, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Mustafayev, co-founder of Crimean…
Bakhrom Khamroev is imprisoned for his human rights work for religious communities and his alleged religious expression.
On February 24, 2022, authorities arrested Khamroev, a human…
Danh Minh Quang is imprisoned for religious freedom advocacy.
On or around July 31, 2023, Vietnamese authorities in Soc Trang province arrested Dahn Minh Quang and charged him with “…
To Hoang Chuong is imprisoned for his human rights advocacy for religious communities.
On or around July 31, 2023, Vietnamese authorities in Tra Vinh province arrested To Hoang Chuong…
Yidam is detained for his religious activity.
In January 2023, authorities in Dangxiong (Damshung) county, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, detained Yidam after he and…
Wu Aping is detained for her religious activity.
In July 2022, authorities in Xuanwu district, Nanjing municipality, Jiangsu province, detained Wu after raiding Xuanzang Temple. The…
Palgon is detained for his religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities in Guoluo (Golog) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, detained Palgon after he contacted…
Gelo is detained for their religious activity.
On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained five…
Tsedo is detained for their religious activity.
On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained five…
Kori is detained for their religious activity.
On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained five…
Bamo is imprisoned for their religious activity.
On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained…
Mariam Al Qisoom is imprisoned for her religious freedom advocacy.
In February 2019, authorities arrested Qisoom for her human rights advocacy on behalf of Shi'a minorities in…
Nay Y Blang is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 18, 2023, Vietnamese authorities arrested Blang on accusations including “abusing democratic freedoms” (Art.…
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…
Mirzoburhan Salmanzoda is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2024, authorities in Sughd region arrested Salmanzoda, a congregant of the Khoja Muhammad Balodurkun mosque in…