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Abune Antonios was placed under house arrest and died in state custody for resisting state-interference in church affairs.
On January 20, 2006, authorities notified Antonios, patriarch of…
Sevada Aghasar was imprisoned for his religious activity and being associated with religious converts.
In August 2013, authorities arrested Aghasar at the workplace of a friend in…
Ramesh Kumar was detained for blasphemy.
On May 27, 2019, authorities arrested Kumar, a veterinarian, after he was accused of using Qur'anic text to wrap his medicine deliveries. …
Notan Lal was imprisoned for blasphemy.
On September 15, 2019, authorities arrested Lal, the owner and principal of a private…
Patrick George Zaki was imprisoned for his expression about his religious identity.
On February 7, 2020, authorities arrested Zaki, a graduate student and human rights researcher, at…
Ramy Kamel was detained for his civil rights work and religious freedom advocacy.
On November 23, 2019, security forces arrested Kamel, a human rights activist and founder of the…
Marco Girgis is imprisoned for blasphemy.
On June 14, 2021, authorities arrested Girgis for having pictures on his phone deemed to be offensive to Islam. During interrogation, he was…
Simran Kumari was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In August 2020, 17-year-old Kumari disappeared from her aunt's home in Gotki district, Sindh province. Days later, her family was…
Reena was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In March 2019, armed men reportedly kidnapped 14-year-old Reena and her 15-year-old sister, Raveena, from their home in Gotki district,…
Raveena was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In March 2019, armed men reportedly kidnapped 15-year-old Raveena and her 14-year-old sister, Reena, from their home in Gotki district…
Mounir Samir Mounir was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Mounir and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…
Raymond Mamdouh William was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested William and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…
Jayid Saad Zekry was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Zekry and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…
Milad Mahrous Tawfik was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Tawfik and several other Copts a week after they had…
Abanoub Magdy Semaan was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Semaan and several other Copts a week after they had…
Girgis Samir Girgis was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Girgis and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…
Shenouda Salib Hosni was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Hosni and several other Copts a week after they had…
Mina Salib Hosni was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Hosni and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…
Milad Reda Tawfik Ayyad was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Ayyad and several other Copts a week after they…
Natasha Narwal was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On May 23, 2020, authorities arrested Narwal, a Hindu student activist, after accusing…
Devangana Kalita was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On May 23, 2020, authorities arrested Kalita, a Hindu student activist, after accusing…
Shoma Sen was detained for her human rights and civil rights work for marginalized religious communities.
On June 6, 2018, police in Maharashtra arrested several…
Gautam Navlakha was under house arrest for his human rights and civil rights work for marginalized religious communities.
On August 28, 2018, police in…
Ashok Kumar is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2022, police in Hyderabad arrested Kumar, a sanitation worker, after he was accused of burning a Qur'an. A first information report (…
Redouane Foufa was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 5, 2022, police in Bejaia detained 24 Ahmadis, including Foufa, a coordinator of religious activities in Bejaia…
Khireddine Ahman was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 5, 2022, police in Bejaia detained 24 Ahmadis, including Ahman, and reportedly interrogated them for 14 hours…
Cherif Mohamed Ali was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 5, 2022, police in Bejaia detained 24 Ahmadis, including Ali, and reportedly interrogated them for 14 hours…
Ioann Kurmoyarov was imprisoned for his religious beliefs.
On June 7, 2022, authorities arrested Kurmoyarov, a hieromonk, after he posted several videos on his YouTube channel outlining…
Hani Gibran was detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On June 4, 2022, police arrested Gibran after he posted about the targeting of the Coptic Christian community on…
Gratia Pello was imprisoned for his religious expression.
In December 2022, authorities in Surabaya, East Java, reportedly arrested Pello, a professor at a Christian theological school…
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…
Khrystofor Khrimli was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On September 18, 2023, Russian authorities in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine detained …
Andriy Chuy was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On September 18, 2023, Russian authorities in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine detained Chuy, a priest of…
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…
Eduard Sharlot is detained for blasphemy.
On November 22, 2023, authorities detained Sharlot, a musician, at Pulkovo Airport and placed him under administrative arrest. Sharlot's…
Fitsum-Berhan Gebrenegus is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In November 2004, Eritrean police authorities arrested Gebrenegus, an Eritrean Orthodox priest at the…
Gebremedhin Gebregergis is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In November 2004, Eritrean police authorities arrested Gebregergis, a theologian and Eritrean…
Tekleab Mengisteab is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In November 2004, Eritrean police authorities arrested Mengisteab, an Eritrean Orthodox priest at the Mekane…
Fadi Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Al-Nahhas is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Nahhas along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Mahmoud Ibrahim Mahmoud Al-Sharnouby is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Sharnouby along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Hussein Mohammed Hassan Al-Tenawi is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Tenawi along with other members of the Ahmadi Religion of…
Mahmoud Abdelmagid Abdelmagid Moaz is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Moaz along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi Religion…
Al-Sayed Othman Mohamad Ghali is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Nahhas along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi Religion…
Hazem Saied Abdel Moatamed is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Moatamed along with other members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and…
Hamdy Abd El-Azeem El-Sayed Abdallah is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Abdallah along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Ali Ahmad Mahmoud Shahat is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Shahat along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace…
Mohammed Adel Mohammed Salah Al-Deeb is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Deeb along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Mohammed Ahmed Ali Abdel-Hameed is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Abdel-Hameed along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Ali Al-Hadari (Ali Salah Ali Salah) is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Hadari along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Othman Al-Gohary Othman Othman is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Othman along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi Religion of…
Mohammed Eissa Rashad Abdelraheem is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Abdelraheem along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Omar Mahmoud Abdelmaguid Mohamed is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Mohamed along with other members of the Ahmadi Religion…
Yakov Vorontsov is detained for his religious expression and leadership role.
In February 2026, authorities arrested Vorontsov, a priest of an unregistered Orthodox church, during a…
Kajol Meghwar was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In December 2024, 15-year-old Meghwar, a Hindu girl from Mirpurkhas Disctrict in Sindh Province, was abducted at gunpoint…
Saneha Meghwar was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In May 2025, 15-year-old Megwhar, a Hindu girl from Rohri Taluka, Sukkur District, was abducted at gunpoint by three armed…
Radha Bheel was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In April 2025, 14-year-old Radha Bheel, a Hindu girl from Hyderabad, was abducted at gunpoint from her home by three men.…
Najo Kohli was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In February 2025, 13-year-old Kohli, a Hindu girl from Umerkot District, was abducted from her home at midnight by four armed men…
Marwan Melouk is detained for his religious activity.
In November 2025, Algerian authorities arrested Melouk and interrogated him about his religion. Melouk had been an active…