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Mohammad bin Hassan al-Habib is imprisoned for his religious expression, leadership role, and religious freedom advocacy.
In July 2016, authorities detained al-Habib, a Shi'a cleric, as he…
Xu Xiujuan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In June 2017, authorities arrested Xu in relation to her Falun Gong activity. It is reported that she was tortured while in…
Erbolat Kusmanuly is under house arrest in relation to his ethnoreligious identity.
On October 27, 2017, local authorities in Altay…
Servet Gaziyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Gaziyev, an activist for the Crimean Solidarity movement, after officers…
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…
Loreto Hernández García is imprisoned for his religious leadership.
On July 16, 2021, Cuban authorities arrested Paseiro, the president of the Free Yoruba Association of Cuba, an independent…
Libi Marhabi is imprisoned for his religious identity.
In March 2016, Houthi forces arrested Marhabi for allegedly smuggling a Torah out of Yemen.
On…
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…
Zeynab Jalalian is imprisoned on religiously oriented charges.
In March 2008, security officials violently arrested Jalalian reportedly in relation to her social and political activism for…
Tan Quicheng is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2019, authorities arrested Tan reportedly for practicing Falun Gong.
On September 28, 2019, the Lishu County Court of…
Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In March 2018, security agents from the Presidency of State Security arrested Al-Sadhan for operating two anonymous…
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 …
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…
Manahel al-Otaibi is imprisoned for her religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2022, Saudi authorities arrested al-Otaibi, an online fitness influencer, for opposing religiously grounded…
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…
Letebrhan Tesfay is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, police officers arrested 85-year-old Letebrhan Tesfay while raiding her home as she hosted a peaceful…
Sidon Tekeste is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2024, authorities arrested Tekeste at school for respectfully refusing to contribute to a political fund.…
Berekti Habte is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, police officers arrested Habte while she attended a peaceful religious gathering. Authorities confined her in…