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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…

Mo Xiufeng is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On July 2, 2017, plainclothes police officers from Lishui city, Zhejiang province, detained Mo after raiding her home…

Wang Lingjie is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On March 23, 2017, authorities detained Wang while she was at the home of another church member.  Police…

Zhou Hualan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On March 23, 2017, police detained Zhou reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs and activity. Police also…

Cai Ruhua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On March 23, 2017, authorities detained Cai, a member of the Church of Almighty God, in relation to her religious activities…

Wang Ruiling is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

August 31, 2017, officers from the Xuzhou City Pei County Public Security Bureau and the Zizhuang Town Police…

Xu Yanping is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On June 29, 2018, officers from the Poyang County Public Security Bureau of Shangrao city detained Xu reportedly in relation…

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…

Ouyang Qiuping is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In November 2018, officers from the Yining Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang arrested Ouyang reportedly in…

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…

Wang Xiaomei is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On July 2, 2017, officers from Fuyang district of Hangzhou city detained Wang reportedly in relation to her religious…

Ge Xianghua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On September 11, 2018, police detained Ge reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs. Ge was reportedly tortured while…

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…

Cao Jutao is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On September 25, 2018, plainclothes officers from the Duchang County National Security Brigade detained Cao in relation to…

Huma Younus was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.

In October 2019, a man abducted 14-year-old Younus and forced her to convert to Islam and marry him. Her family subsequently filed…

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…

Emir-Usein Kuku is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 11, 2016, authorities arrested Kuku, a member of the Crimean Human Rights Contact Group, following a raid on…

Fayzulla Agzamov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

In 2001, authorities arrested Agzamov and charged him with “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order…

Umar Badalov is detained for his religious activity.

On March 4, 1999, authorities arrested Badalov, a migrant worker and resident of Tashkent and pious Muslim, in the wave of arrests…

Salman al-Ouda is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.

In September 2017, police arrested al-Ouda, a sheikh and Islamic scholar, from his home amid a state-wide wave…

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…

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…

Mahvash Sabet is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Sabet in Tehran after raiding her home. Security forces allegedly…

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…

Rinat Kiramov is imprisoned for his religious activity and belief.

On November 9, 2021, authorities detained several individuals, including Kiramov, following raids on the homes of several…

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…

He Binggang is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On October 9, 2021, authorities in Changning district, Shanghai municipality, arrested He in relation to his Falun Gong activities. He…

Bahram Saparov is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In March 2013, authorities arrested Saparov after he was accused of being "…

Abolfazl Pour-Hosseini is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In June 2023, authorities in Karaj detained Pour-Hosseini reportedly while he was passing out a leaflet about Erfan-e-Halgheh…

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…