Ho Duc Hoa was imprisoned in relation to his religious activity. 

In late July/early August 2011, authorities arrested Hoa, a Catholic social activist, journalist, and community…

Kamal Naamanian was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert. 

On February 15, 2019, authorities arrested Naamanian at a house-church.  Other members of the…

Maira Shahbaz was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.

In April 2020, three men abducted at gunpoint 14-year-old Maira Shahbaz, forced her to renounce her Christian faith,…

Denis Rosabal was detained for his religious belief and activity.  

On August 6, 2021, authorities arrested Rosabal, a mechanic and the pianist and music director for the…

Rustamjon Norov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.

On October 17, 2020, Sugd Military Prosecutor's Office detained Norov, accusing him of…

Marat Dindarov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On March 22, 2016, authorities arrested Dindarov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Arsen Dzhepparov was imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On April 18, 2016, authorities arrested Dzhepparov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Ramil Gataullin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In March 2016, authorities arrested Gataullin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Rishat Girfanov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On September 30, 2015, authorities arrested Girfanov after accusing him of being a member of the …

Azizbek Inamov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On November 7, 2012, authorities arrested Inamov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Danil Kunakbayev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On September 30, 2015, authorities arrested Kunakbayev after accusing him of being a member of the banned…

Rustem Latypov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 4, 2015, authorities arrested Latypov, the head of the human rights organization Center for the…

Denis Zagitdinov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On September 30, 2015, authorities arrested Zagitdinov after accusing him of being a member of the …

Zhang Keqiong was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On October 31, 2017, authorities detained Zhang in Hubei province reportedly in relation to her religious activity.…

Li Cui was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On May 9, 2018, police arrested Li after raiding a house in Jiujiang city, Jiangxi province, where Li and others were…

Usman Darvyshov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 18, 2009, Uzbek security services detained Darvyshov, a boxing coach at an athletics school and resident…

Ravshan Kosimov was imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.

In 2008, security services arrested Kosimov, a soldier who studied on an exchange program at the U.S. military…

Nematullo Ibragimov was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Ibragimov, a resident of Namangan, after accusing him of being a “Wahhabi” due…

Muhammad Abdukarimovich Rashidov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity. 

In 2018, authorities arrested Rashidov, a Tashkent resident, reportedly for…

Sanat Salimov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On an unspecified date, police from the Navoi Department of Internal Affairs Division of Terrorism and Extremism…

Ibrohim Kholmatov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In 2000, authorities arrested Kholmatov and charged him with “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order” (Art.…

Umid Boltaboev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

Between 2000 and 2001, authorities arrested Boltaboev on charges related to his religious belief. The details of his…

Odilkhoja Dadakhojaev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

In 2000, the Margilon City Court sentenced Dadakhojaev to six years in prison for "attempts to…

Avazjon Umurzakov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

On March 25, 1999, Umurzakov was detained under unknown circumstances. 

On August 5,…

Behnam Akhlaghi was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.

On February 23, 2019, Akhlaghi was summoned to the Revolutionary Guard office and detained…

Reda Abdel Rahman was detained for his religious belief.

On August 22, 2020, security forces arrested Abdel Rahman, a teacher and َQur'anist blogger, alongside several relatives. A few…

Mehdi Khatibi was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert. 

On February 23, 2019, authorities arrested Khatibi at a house-church.  Other members of the Church of Iran…

Babak Hosseinzadeh was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.

On February 23, 2019, authorities arrested Hosseinzadeh while he was at a house-church.  Other members of…

Shahrooz Eslamdoust was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.

On February 15, 2019, authorities arrested Eslamdoust at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran in…

Khalil Dehghanpur was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert. 

On January 29, 2019, authorities arrested Dehghanpur at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran…

Mohammed Vafadar was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert. 

On February 15, 2019, authorities arrested Vafadar at a house-church.  Other members of the Church…

Hossein Kadivar was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.

On January 29, 2019, authorities arrested Kadivar at a house-church.  Other members of the Church of Iran in…

Abdolreza Ali Haghnejad is detained for practicing his religion as a convert.

On January 15, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Haghnejad, a church leader, in Bandar Anzali for a…

Nazim Abdrakhmanov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Abdrakhmanov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam…

Samat Adilov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Adilov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.

On…

Zhasulan Iskakov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Iskakov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…

Esim Suleimenov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Suleimenov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…

Azamat Umbetaliyev was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Umbetaliyev for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about…

Zhuldyzbek Taurbekov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Taurbekov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about…

Dilmurat Sultanmuratovich Makhamatov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On December 19, 2018, Kazakh authorities arrested Makhamatov after reportedly forcing…

Abdukhalil Abduzhabbarov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On February 18, 2017, Kazakh authorities arrested Abduzhabbarov, an imam, after extraditing him from Saudi…

Nariman Seytzhanov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On January 15, 2017, authorities arrested Seytzhanov reportedly over a meeting he had in a coffeeshop in…

Milad Goudarzi was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert. 

In November 2020, authorities raided Goudarzi's home and confiscated his personal belongings, including…

Aleksey Yershov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In July 2020, security forces raided the home of Yershov and other Jehovah's Witnesses. They reportedly…

Maksim Beltikov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In April 2020, authorities raided Beltikov's home.

In June 2021, a formal investigation was opened…

Andrey Kolesnichenko was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In July 2020, authorities raided the home of Kolesnichenko and other Jehovah's Witnesses and confiscated…

Refat Alimov was imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On April 18, 2016, authorities arrested Alimov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization…

Ibrahim Shavkatov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On March 22, 2016, authorities arrested Shavkatov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…

Hadi Rahimi was imprisoned for practicing his faith as a convert.

On May 14, 2020, Rahimi, a member of the Church of Iran, was taken into state custody after being unable to pay bail.…

Alimujiang Yimiti was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On January 12, 2008, authorities detained Yimiti, a house church minister, in Kashgar, Xinjiang,…

John Cao was imprisoned because of his religious identity and missionary work.

On March 5, 2017, the Menglian County Police of Yunnan Province detained Cao, a pastor, humanitarian worker,…

Kaleem Siddiqui was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.

On September 21, 2021, authorities arrested Siddiqui, an Islamic scholar and…

Jam Singh was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.

On December 26/27, 2021, authorities arrested Singh, who is a pastor, and two others after they were accused of…

Ansingh Ninama was detained in relation to their religious belief and activity.

On December 26/27, 2021, authorities arrested Ninama, who is a pastor, and two others after they were…

Mangu Mehtab Bhuriya was detained in relation to their religious activity. 

On December 26/27, 2021, authorities arrested Bhuriya and two others after they were accused of trying to…

Nandha Nathaniel was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.

In October 2021, authorities arrested Nathaniel, who is a pastor, and his wife, Savita Singh, after they…

Savita Singh was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.

In October 2021, authorities arrested Singh and her husband, Nandha Nathaniel, after they were accused of…

Ramesh Vasuniya was detained in relation to his religious activity.

On December 5, 2021, authorities arrested Vasuniya, a pastor, and five others, including his wife, after they were…

Kumtu Vasuniya was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.

On December 5, 2021, authorities arrested Vasuniya and five others, including her husband, after they were…

Saju Ben is detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.

On December 5, 2021, authorities arrested Ben and five others after they were accused of trying to forcibly…

Sama Ben was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.

On December 5, 2021, authorities arrested Ben and five others after they were accused of trying to…

Ranga Ben was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.

On December 5, 2021, authorities arrested Ben and five others after they were accused of trying to…

Adya was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.

On December 5, 2021, authorities arrested Adya and five others after they were accused of trying to forcibly…

Saeedeh Khozui was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.

On April 11, 2022, Khozui was reportedly arrested after appearing at a courthouse.

On May 24,…

Sahba Farnoush was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 15, 2015, security forces arrested Farnoush from his home in Tehran reportedly on the 200th anniversary of…

Ayub Pour Rezazadeh was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert. 

In September 2021, authorities arrested Rezazadeh, a member of the Church of Iran, and others in Rasht…

Amin Zolfaghari was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 21, 2020, intelligence agents arrested Zolfaghari at his home in Yazd.

On June 23, 2020, Zolfaghari was…

Hiwa Yazdan Mehdi Abadi was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On May 30, 2020, security forces arrested Abadi in Yazd.

In September 2020, Abadi was released on bail…

Samin Ehsani was imprisoned in relation to her religious belief and activity.

In August 2011, authorities arrested Ehsani, a children's rights activist, after she went to court to resolve…

Shaghayegh Khaneh-Zarin was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity. 

On June 26, 2022, security forces in Shiraz arrested Khaneh-Zarin and two others and took…

Negar Ighani was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity. 

On June 26, 2022, security forces in Shiraz arrested Ighani and two others and took them to an…

Zhila Sharafi Nasrabadi was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.

In June 2022, security forces in Shiraz arrested Nasrabadi and two others and took them to an…

Fardin Naddafian was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In 2019, Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolution Court reportedly sentenced Naddafian to one year in prison on…

Sholeh Shahidi was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On July 13, 2022, authorities arrested Shahidi and her two sons in Bojnurd, North Khorasan province,…

Faran Senai was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On July 13, 2022, authorities arrested Senai, his mother, and his brother in Bojnurd, North Khorasan province…

Shayan Senai was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On July 13, 2022, authorities arrested Senai, his mother, and his brother in Bojnurd, North Khorasan…

Haleh Gholami was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On January 27, 2017, authorities arrested Gholami, a child rights activist, reportedly in relation to her…

Alhan Hashemi was detained for their religious belief and activity.

On July 18, 2022, security forces arrested Hashemi and four others in Shiraz reportedly in relation to their being…

Hanan Hashemi was detained for their religious belief and activity.

On July 18, 2022, security forces arrested Hashemi and four others in Shiraz reportedly in relation to their being…

Niloufar Hosseini was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On July 18, 2022, security forces arrested Hashemi and four others in Shiraz reportedly in relation to their…

Shahram Najaf-Tomaraei was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 25, 2015, authorities arrested Najaf-Tomaraei reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i. They…

Nematollah Shadpour was detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On July 19, 2022, authorities in Yazd arrested three individuals, including Shadpour, reportedly in relation…

Nima Shadpour was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On July 19, 2022, authorities in Yazd arrested three individuals, including Shadpour, reportedly in relation to their…

Shafigh Eslami was detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On July 19, 2022, authorities in Yazd arrested three individuals, including Eslami, reportedly in relation to their…

Behnam Momtaz was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Momtaz in Qazvin after raiding his home.

On August 11, 2022,…

Saha Sabeti was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Sabeti in Sari after raiding her home.

On August 14, 2022,…

Afsaneh Emami was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On February 2, 2019, authorities arrested Emami and searched her home, confiscating books, electronics, and other…

Hamid Naseri was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 11, 2019, authorities arrested Naseri reportedly in front of his business.

On April 26, 2019, …

Saeed Naseri was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 11, 2019, authorities arrested Naseri from his home in Tehran.

On April 17, 2019, Naseri was…

Fariba Kamalabadi was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Kamalabadi in Tehran after raiding her home.

In…

Houman Khoshnam was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

In September 2018, authorities arrested Khoshnam and several other Baha'is in relation to their being…

Elham Salmanzadeh was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.

On October 16, 2018, authorities arrested Salmanzadeh in relation to her being Baha'i.

On December…

Payam Shabani was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

In September 2018, authorities arrested Shabani and several other Baha'is in relation to their being Baha'i…

Kianoush Salmanzadeh was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

In September 2018, authorities arrested Salmanzadeh and several other Baha'is in relation to…

Soroush Agahi was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

In November 2018, authorities arrested Agahi in relation to his being Baha'i.

In January 2019,…

Parvan Manavi was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

On October 16, 2018, authorities arrested Manavi in relation to his being Baha'i.

On December 16,…

Jamileh Pakrou was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.

In September 2018, authorities arrested Pakrou and several other Baha'is in relation to their being Baha'i…

Peyman Manavi was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

In September 2018, authorities arrested Manavi and several other Baha'is in relation to their…

Neda Shabani was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.

In November 2018, authorities arrested Shabani in relation to her being Baha'i. 

In…

Mahboubeh Misaghian was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On June 1, 2020, authorities reportedly arrested Misaghian and searched her home. 

On June…