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Zhang Lulu was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 19, 2015, officers from the Shushan Branch of the Hefei City Public Security Bureau arrested Zhang…
Li Famei was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 25, 2017, officers from the the Fuyun County Public Security Bureau arrested Li reportedly in relation to…
Zou Yongxia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 27, 2018, officers from the Criminal Police Brigade of the Nanfen Branch of Benxi City Public Security…
Zhang Zhiqin was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On September 21, 2016, officers from the Shucheng County Public Security Bureau detained Zhang reportedly in relation to…
Wang Liangfang was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 24, 2017, officers from the Tongguan Branch of the Tongling City Public Security Bureau detained Wang…
Liu Huijuan was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On December 20, 2017, officers from the Pingdingshan City Public Security Bureau detained Liu reportedly in relation…
Liu Xiaoguo was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On December 20, 2017, officers from the Pingdingshan Public Security Bureau arrested Liu reportedly in relation…
Zhu Guangjuan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 10, 2017, the police from the Tanzhou National Security Brigade of Zhongshan city detained Zhu reportedly…
Wang Jinrui was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 19, 2017, officers from Changji City Public Security Bureau detained Wang reportedly in relation to her…
Li Gang was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 19, 2017, officers from the Changji City Public Security Bureau detained Li reportedly for attending a religious…
Fang Yueqin was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 2, 2017, authorities arrested Fang reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs.
On December 27, 2018,…
Guo Shilei was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 5, 2017, officers from Jilin City Public Security Bureau detained Guo reportedly in relation to his…
Tao Yanyu was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 5, 2017, officers from the Jilin City Public Security Bureau detained Tao reportedly in relation to his…
Gan Zhiduo was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 1, 2017, authorities detained Gan reportedly in relation to her hosting of higher level Church of Almighty God…
Hu Mei was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In May 2016, officers from the Xuzhou Economic Development Zone Public Security Bureau detained Hu reportedly in relation to…
Hu Xiuzhen was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 20, 2015, officers from the Feng County Public Security Bureau in Jiangsu province detained Hu reportedly in…
Liu Jifang was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On September 17, 2017, officers from the Lishi District Public Security Bureau of Luliang city detained Liu reportedly…
Niu Xiaohong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 8, 2018, officers from the Xiangcheng County Public Security Bureau detained Niu reportedly in relation to her…
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…
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…
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,…
Nadeem James is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In July 2016, authorities arrested James after he was accused of forwarding allegedly blasphemous content to a friend.…
Shehzad Masih is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In July 2017, authorities arrested 16-year-old Masih after a coworker and another individual accused him of…
Stan Swamy was detained and died in state custody for his civil society work helping religious communities.
On October 8, 2020, the National Investigation Agency arrested Swamy, a Jesuit…
Jimmy Lai's imprisonment inhibits religious freedom advocacy.
On August 10, 2020, Lai, a media mogul, democracy activist, and advocate of religious freedom, was arrested from his home in…
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. …
Runh was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2012, authorities arrested Runh, a house-church leader, in relation to his activities with the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church. …
A Kuin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2013, authorities arrested Kuin, a member of the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church, after he attended a prayer…
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. …
A Tik was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2015, authorities arrested Tik for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …
Yang Hua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 30, 2018, authorities detained Yang in Yichang city, Hubei province, reportedly in relation to her religious…
Chen Fuzhi is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 30, 2018, authorities detained Chen in Yichang city, Hubei province, reportedly in relation to her…
Huang Jun is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 30, 2018, authorities arrested Huang in Yichang City, Hubei province, reportedly in relation to her…
Jiang Yanghua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 21, 2019, authorities from Aksu city detained Jiang in Aksu, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR),…
Wan Yuqin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 31, 2017, authorities detained Wan in Yichang city, Hubei province, reportedly in relation to her religious…
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.…
Yang Cuifeng is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 10, 2017, authorities detained Yang in Hubei province reportedly in relation to her religious activity.…
Yang Ziyu is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 10, 2017, authorities detained Yang in Hubei province reportedly in relation to her religious activity. …
Luo Kemei is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 10, 2017, authorities detained Luo in Hubei province reportedly in relation to her religious activity.…
Tang Yunfang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 10, 2017, authorities detained Tang in Hubei province reportedly in relation to her religious activity.…
Wang Chunxiang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 10, 2017, authorities detained Wang 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…
Yang Caiyong is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 9, 2018, police arrested Yang after raiding a house in Jiujiang city, Jiangxi province, where Yang and…
Feng Wenran is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 19, 2018, authorities detained Feng in Nanyang city, Henan province.
On October 28, 2018, Feng…
Li Xiao is imprisoned for her religious activity and expression.
On December 2, 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Li. Reports suggest…
Liu Jianhui is imprisoned for her religious activity and expression.
On October 2, 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Liu. Reports…
Hu Yanling is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 11, 2018, authorities arrested Hu in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Reports suggest that…
Gong Donghua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 23, 2018, authorities detained Gong in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Reports suggest that…
Sun Ping is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On November 15, 2018, authorities detained Sun in Zibo city, Shandong province, for allegedly burning CDs and providing…
Mariyum Lal was detained for blasphemy.
On April 9, 2021, authorities arrested Lal, who is a nurse, and her coworker, Newsh Arooj, after an incident at their workplace. According to…
Newsh Arooj was detained for blasphemy.
On April 9, 2021, authorities arrested Arooj, who is a nurse, and her coworker, Mariyum Lal, after an incident at their workplace. According to…
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…
Luka Binniyat was detained for his reporting on religious groups and religious freedom conditions.
On November 4, 2021, authorities arrested Binniyat, a journalist for the Epoch…
Run was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2013, authorities arrested Run after authorities accused him of using his affiliation with the Ha Mon Catholic Church, a…
Dinh Kuh was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2015, authorities arrested Kuh for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …
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…
James Su Zhimin was forcibly disappeared for his religious leadership role and activity.
In March 1996, Su, an unregistered bishop in Baoding, Hebei Province, was arrested…
Apollinaris Darmawan was imprisoned for his religious expression.
In August 2020, Bandung police arrested Darmawan after he was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad and Islam on social…
Liu Honggeng is imprisoned for his religious leadership role and for practicing his religion without state-approval.
On May 7, 2015, authorities in Baoding city, Hebei province,…
Rolando Álvarez was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On August 4, 2022, police prevented Álvarez, bishop of the Matagalpa diocese, from leaving his home to perform…
Ramiro Tijerino was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.
On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Tijerino, a priest, from leaving the…
Sadiel Eugarrios was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.
On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Eugarrios, a priest, from leaving…
Raúl Antonio Vega was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.
On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Antonio Vega, a deacon, from…
José Luis Díaz was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.
On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Luis Díaz, a priest, from leaving the…
Darvin Leiva was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.
On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Leiva, a seminarian, from leaving…
Melkin Sequeira was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.
On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Sequeira, a seminarian, from leaving…
Sergio Cárdenas was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.
On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Cárdenas, a cameraman, from…
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…
Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim was detained in relation to his religious leadership role and religious expression.
On October 15, 2022, authorities arrested Tsalim, the Catholic bishop of…
Mihretab Stefanos was detained in relation to his religious leadership role and religious expression.
On October 11, 2022, authorities arrested, Stefanos, the priest of St.…
Abraham Habtom Gebremariam was detained in relation to his religious leadership role and religious expression.
In October 2022, authorities arrested Gebremariam, a Capuchin abbot. …
Ivan Levitsky was detained for his religious leadership role.
In November 2022, Russian forces in Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia oblast, Ukraine, reportedly abducted hieromonk …
Bohdan Geleta was detained for his religious leadership role.
In November 2022, Russian forces in Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia oblast, Ukraine, reportedly abducted Geleta, a priest…
Enrique Martínez was detained for his religious leadership role.
On October 13, 2022, authorities reportedly violently arrested Martínez, the parish priest of St. Martha’s Church in…
Oscar Benavidez was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On August 14, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Benavidez, a priest, after he performed mass. …
Anwar Kenneth was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In 2001, authorities reportedly arrested Kenneth after he was accused of writing letters perceived as blasphemous towards…
Jaime Iván Montesinos Sauceda was detained in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.
On May 23, 2023, police arrested Montesinos Sauceda, the parish priest of San Juan…
Eugenio Rodríguez Benavides is detained in relation to his religious beliefs and activities.
On May 20, 2023, police arrested Rodríguez Benavides, parish priest of Divina…
Leonardo Guevara Gutiérrez was detained in relation to his religious beliefs and activities.
On May 22, 2023, police arrested Guevara Gutiérrez, parish priest of Estelí…
Fernando Zamora Silva was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On July 9, 2023, police detained Zamora Silva, a Catholic priest and the chancellor of the Diocese of Siuna…
Adela Tercero was detained in relation to a crackdown on religious institutions.
On August 19, 2023, police detained Tercero, who was a student leader at the Jesuit Central American…
Gabriela Morales was detained in relation to a crackdown on religious institutions.
On August 19, 2023, police detained Morales, who was a student at the Jesuit Juan Pablo II University.…
Osman José Amador Guillén is detained for his religious activity and belief.
On September 8, 2023, police arrested Amador, a parish priest in Wiwilí, late at night while he was…
Julio Ricardo Norori is detained for his religious belief, religious activity, and religious leadership role.
On October 1, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Norori, a priest at the…
Iván Centeno is detained for his religious belief, religious activity, and religious leadership role.
On October 1, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Iván Centeno, a priest at the…
Cristóbal Gadea is detained for his religious belief, religious activity, and religious leadership role.
On October 1, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Cristóbal Gadea, a priest…
Álvaro Toledo is detained for his religious belief, religious activity, and religious leadership role.
On October 5, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Álvaro Toledo, a priest at…
Ramón Esteban Angulo Reyes is detained for his religious belief, religious activity, and religious leadership role.
On October 8, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Ramón Esteban…
Yesner Cipriano Pineda Meneses was detained for his religious belief, religious activity, and religious leadership role.
On October 7, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Yesner…
Isidro Mora was detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions and for his religious leadership role.
On December 20, 2023, Nicaraguan police arrested Mora, a bishop from the…
Óscar Escoto was detained for his religious belief and activity and his religious leadership role.
On August 4, 2022, the Nicaraguan police prevented several people, including Escoto, from…
Pablo Villafranca was detained for his religious activity and his religious leadership role.
On December 26, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities detained Villafranca, a priest at the Parish of…
Silvio Fonseca was detained for his religious expression and his religious leadership role.
On December 29, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Silvio Fonseca, the vicar of Family, Life…
Héctor Treminio was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 28, 2023, police arrested Treminio, parish priest of the Santo Cristo de Esquipulas Church in Managua and…
Carlos Avilés was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 28, 2023, police arrested Avilés, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Managua and priest of Cristo de las Colinas…
Fernando Calero was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 28, 2023, police arrested Calero, parish priest of Our Lady of Fátima in Rancho Grande, Matagalpa, after he…
Marcos Díaz Prado was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 28, 2023, authorities arrested Díaz Prado, vicar of the Santo Tomás Apóstol church of Puerto de Corinto in…
Mykel Monterrey was detained for his religious leadership role.
On or around December 29, 2023, police arrested Monterrey, parish priest of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria parish of the…