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Gulmira Imin is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity and protesting against Uyghur treatment.
On July 14, 2009, Imin, web administrator for the Uighur-language website Salkin, was…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A Tach is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2012, authorities arrested Tach in relation to his activities with the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church. …
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…
A Jen is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2015, authorities arrested Jen for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …
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…
Joseph Zhang Weizhu is detained for his religious activity.
On May 21, 2021, authorities detained Zhang, the Vatican-approved bishop of the Xinxiang Diocese in Henan, the day after…
Israa al-Ghomgham is imprisoned for her religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In December 2015, Saudi authorities arrested al-Ghomgham, a well-known Shi'a activist, along with…
Mousa al-Hashim is imprisoned for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In December 2015, Saudi authorities arrested al-Hashim along with his wife, a well-known Shi'a…
Umar Khalid is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
In September 2020, authorities arrested Khalid, a student activist, for leading peaceful protests opposing the religiously…
Khalid Saifi is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
In February 2020, authorities arrested Saifi, founder of the United Against Hate organization, for leading peaceful protests…
Sharjeel Imam is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
In January 2020, authorities arrested Imam, a Muslim student activist, for participating in peaceful protests opposing the…
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…
Lup is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2020, authorities arrested Lup. Authorities accused him of spreading Ha Mon Catholicism, a religious movement not…
Kunh is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2020, authorities arrested Kunh. Authorities accused him of spreading Ha Mon Catholicism, a religious movement…
Ju is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2020, authorities arrested Ju. Authorities accused him of spreading Ha Mon Catholicism, a religious movement not…
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…
Mohammed Issam al-Faraj is imprisoned for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
On June 29, 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting the state's…
Ali Hassan al-Faraj is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting against the state's treatment…
Ahmed Abdul Wahid is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting against the state's treatment of…
Ali Mohammed Al Bati is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested Al Bati for protesting against the state's treatment…
Mohammed Hussein Al Nimr is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested Al Bati for protesting against the state's…
Choekyab is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In November 2013, public…
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.…
Lhamo Dorje is imprisoned in relation to religious freedom protests.
In December 2012, public security officials detained several Tibetans, including Dorje, in relation to a…
Tsewang is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On March 17, 2014, public security officials in the Nagchu (Naqu) prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region (…
Tsangyang Gyatso is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On March 17, 2014, public security officials in the Nagchu (Naqu) prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous…
Tenzin Lhundrub is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In May 2014, authorities detained Lhundrub, a scholar and monk from Gom Gonsar Monastery in …
Sanggye Gyatso is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On December 10, 2018, public security…
Phagpa is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In November 2012, security officials detained Phagpa, reportedly for having conversations in favor of…
Pema Dondrub is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On October 23, 2012, public security officials detained 6 Tibetans, including Dondrub, at…
Nyida is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On September 11, 2018, public security officials in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba Tibetan & Qiang Autonomous Prefecture,…
Kalsang is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On September 11, 2018, public security officials in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba Tibetan & Qiang Autonomous Prefecture…
Nesang is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On September 11, 2018, public security officials in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba Tibetan & Qiang Autonomous Prefecture,…
Choeje is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On September 11, 2018, public security officials in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba Tibetan & Qiang Autonomous Prefecture,…
Lhadar is detained in relation to sharing information about religious freedom conditions.
On October 8, 2019, public security officials in Tarchen (Daqian) township, Seni district,…
Ahmed al-Matrood is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On an unspecified date, Saudi authorities arrested al-Matrood for protesting in Al-Qatif governorate against the state's…
Khaled al-Ghanim is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On an unspecified date, Saudi authorities arrested al-Ghanim for protesting in Al-Qatif governorate against the state's…
Ali al-Ouwaisher is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On an unspecified date, Saudi authorities arrested al-Ouwaisher for protesting in Al-Qatif governorate against the state's…
Mujtaba al-Muzain is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On an unspecified date, Saudi authorities arrested al-Muzain for protesting in Al-Qatif governorate against the state's…
Le Tung Van is under house arrest for his religious activity.
On January 4, 2022, authorities searched the THIÊN AM BÊN BỜ VŨ TRỤ (TABBVT) Buddhist Monastery (also known as Tinh That Bong…
Le Thanh Trung Duong is imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On January 4, 2022, authorities searched the THIÊN AM BÊN BỜ VŨ TRỤ (TABBVT) Buddhist Monastery (also known as…
Le Thanh Nhi Nguyen is imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On May 27, 2022, authorities arrested Nguyen, a member of the THIÊN AM BÊN BỜ VŨ TRỤ (TABBVT) Buddhist…
Youssef al-Manasif is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In April 2017, authorities arrested al-Manasif for participating in…
Cui Tai is detained for his religious leadership role.
On June 19, 2020, police in Zhangjiakou municipality, Hebei province, detained Cui Tai, a Catholic bishop, reportedly in…
Javed Mohammed is detained for his religious expression and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2022, police in Uttar Pradesh arrested Mohammed, a well-known Muslim activist, after accusing…
Mou Guojian is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur…
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…
Hamid Gharehassanlou is imprisoned on religiously oriented charges for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 4, 2022, authorities in Karaj arrested Gharehassanlou,…
Farzaneh Gharehassanlou is imprisoned on religiously oriented charges for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 4, 2022, authorities in Karaj arrested …
Tulkun Astanov is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 22, 2020, authorities arrested Astanov, a religious…
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…
Mojahed Kourkour is imprisoned and sentenced to death on false charges justified on a religious basis.
On December 20, 2022, authorities in Ahvaz arrested Kourkour in a violent raid…
Azamat Eyupov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Eyupov, accusing him of being a member…
Kakadjan Halbaev is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In February 2018, authorities detained Halbaev, a former student who had studied in Russia, and charged him with "petty hooliganism…
Kemal Saparov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In January 2018, authorities in Ashgabat detained Saparov, a student who was studying abroad in Russia, for alleged disorderly conduct…
Abdulmajid Moradzahi is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2023, authorities arrested Moradzahi, a prominent Sunni cleric, during protests in Zahedan…
Abdolaziz Omarzahi is detained in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On April 30, 2023, authorities arrested Omarzahi, a lecturer at the Makki seminary school…
Abdollah Barahouie is detained in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On August 12, 2023, authorities reportedly arrested Barahouie, a scholar at the Madineh al…
Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi is detained for his religious activity.
On August 20, 2023, authorities reportedly arrested Naghshbandi, the imam and Friday prayer leader in Rask,…
Nasrin Soutudeh was detained for her religious freedom advocacy.
In October 2023, Iranian authorities arrested Soutudeh, an Iranian human rights activist and lawyer, as she…
Reza Rasaei is imprisoned and sentenced to death for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In November 2022, Iranian security forces arrested Rasaei, a Yarsani adherant, in Karaj after…
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…
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…
Mazaher Heydari is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In June 2024, Iranian security forces arrested Heydari, a Gonabadi Sufi who has advocated for women’s rights…