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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…
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…
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…
Lin Weiping is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On December 25, 2017, officers from the Yanling County Public Security Bureau in Xuchang city, Henan province, detained Lin…
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…
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…
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…
Chen Tingting is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 15, 2018, police from the Gaoqing County Public Security Burea detained Chen in relation to her religious…
Yin Xue is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 16, 2018, officers from the Gaoqing County Public Security Bureau detained Yin reportedly in relation to her…
Abdurehim Heyit is detained for his religious expression and ethnoreligious identity.
In April 2017, public security authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained…
Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In March 2020, authorities arrested Sharif-Aminu, a musician and follower of the Sufi Tijaniyyah Order, for allegedly…
Hassan Farhan al-Maliki is detained for his religious expression and religious freedom advocacy.
In September 2017, authorities arrested al-Maliki, an…
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…
Fazilhoja Arifhojaev is under house arrest for his religious expression.
On June 28, 2021, authorities arrested Arifhojaev, a blogger known for his criticism of the government's religious…
Sulaiman al-Dowaish was forcibly disappeared for his religious expression.
In April 2016, al-Dowaish, a religious scholar, was forcibly disappeared after posting tweets summarizing a…
Omar Abdullah al-Saadoun is detained for her religious freedom advocacy.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Omar Abdullah al-Saadoun, a cleric and legal advisor, after he wrote an article…
Omar al-Muqbil is imprisoned for his religious expression and religious freedom advocacy.
In September 2019, authorities arrested al-Muqbil, a cleric, for a sermon criticizing concerts…
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…
Aleksandr Korolev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 20, 2019, authorities initiated a criminal case against Korolev for “participating in the…
Denis Antonov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2019, authorities initiated a criminal case against Antonov for “participating in the…
Georgiy Nikulin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In February 2019, authorities reportedly open a criminal case against Nikulin for “organizing the activities of a…
Elena Nikulina is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 2, 2021, authorities charge Nikulina with “recruiting…a person in the activities of an…
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…
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…
Mikhail Simonov is imprisoned for criticizing Russia's war in Ukraine with religious language.
On November 9, 2022, authorities in Moscow arrested Simonov over two social media posts he…
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…
Badr Nader Al-Mashari is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In July 2023, authorities detained Al-Mashari, a prominent cleric who criticized the Saudi government's sponsorship…
Sergey Romanov is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On June 2, 2023, authorities placed Romanov in a temporary detention facility after accusing him of organizing and holding…
Kim Jung-wook is imprisoned for his religious activity and leadership role.
In October 2013, North Korean authorities arrested Kim Jung-wook, a South Korean missionary, after he allegedly…
Kim Kook-kie is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2014, North Korean authorities arrested and forcibly disappeared Kim Kook-kie, a South Korean pastor who engaged…
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…
María Asunción Salgado is detained for her religious activity and association.
On October 7, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Salgado, along with Father Yesner Cipriano Pineda…
Choi Chun-gil is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2014, North Korean authorities reportedly arrested and forcibly disappeared Choi Chun-gil, a South Korean…
Cai Yingge is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Cai amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…
Chen Aishe is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Chen amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…
Wang Zhongqiu is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 4, 2021, authorities in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province detained Wang because of his religious activities with…
Deng Lihua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Deng amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…
Ge Qin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Ge amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God members.…
Hu Jinfeng is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 23, 2022, authorities from Shandong Province’s Qixia City Public Security Bureau detained Hu in connection with her…
Wu Shirong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 16, 2022, authorities in Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province detained Wu for her religious activities with the Church of…
Wu Xiangzhen is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province detained Wu amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…
Xie Chunhua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, detained Xie because of her religious activities with the…
Yu Xiuxiang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 23, 2022, authorities from Shandong Province’s Qixia City Public Security Bureau detained Yu in connection with her…
Zhang Fangfang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Zhang amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…
Zhang Hongxia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 23, 2022, authorities from Shandong Province’s Qixia City Public Security Bureau detained Zhang in connection…
Zhu Xingxiu is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, detained Zhu because of her religious activities with the…