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Raúl Zamora was detained for his religious leadership role.

On or around December 29, 2023, police arrested Zamora, parish priest of Jesús de la Divina Misericordia parish of the…

Gerardo Rodríguez was detained for his religious leadership role.

On or around December 30, 2023, police arrested Rodríguez, parish priest of Purísima Concepción church in Reparto Belmonte…

Miguel Mántica was detained for his religious leadership role.

On or around December 29, 2023, police arrested Mántica, parish priest of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Bolonia, Managua,…

Jader Hernández was detained for his religious leadership role.

On or around December 29, 2023, police arrested Hernández, parish priest of the Madre del Divino Pastor parish in Nejapa,…

Ismael Serrano was detained for his religious leadership role.

On December 30, 2023, police arrested Serrano, parish priest of San Miguel Arcángel, Las Brisas, under unclear circumstances…

 José Gustavo Sandino Ochoa was detained for his religious leadership role.

On December 31, 2023, police reportedly arrested Sandino, parish priest of Our Lady of Sorrows parish in…

Alester Sáenz was detained for his religious leadership role.

On December 20, 2023, Nicaraguan police arrested Sáenz, a seminarian, alongside Bishop Isidro Mora after the bishop…

Tony Palacios was detained for his religious leadership role.

On December 20, 2023, Nicaraguan police arrested Palacios, a seminarian, alongside Bishop Isidro Mora after the…

Ervin López is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.

In December 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested López, a priest from the Diocese of León. His arrest came…

Francisco Odorico Castilblanco is detained for his religious belief and religious activity.

On January 2, 2024, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Castilblanco, a seminarian from the…

Freylin Axarael Moreno Ponce was detained for his religious expression.

On June 2, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Moreno Ponce after he asked, on social media, for prayers for…

Salvador Paguaga was detained for his religious belief, activity, and association.

On October 7, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Paguaga, together with Father Yesner…

María Asunción Salgado is detained for her religious activity and association.

On October 7, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Salgado, along with Father Yesner Cipriano Pineda…

Jimmy Antonio Bonilla was imprisoned because of his religious activity.

On April 5, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Bonilla for allegedly participating in a Catholic Holy Week…

Emmanuel Gutiérrez is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On April 5, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Gutiérrez for allegedly participating in a Catholic Holy Week procession.…

Evelyn Guillén is detained for her religious expression and religious freedom advocacy

On August 5, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Guillén after she allegedly displayed a poster…

Alex Javier Gómez Bustos was detained for his religious activity and expression.

On August 5, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Bustos and Evelyn Guillén after they allegedly…

Zhai Xinping is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On May 12, 2022, police arrested Zhai Xinping in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic…

Yang Weihong is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On May 12, 2022, police arrested Yang Weihong in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic…

Zhao Guiqin is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On May 12, 2022, police arrested Zhao Guiqin in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic…

Du Meiling is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On May 12, 2022, police arrested Du Meiling in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic religious…

Carlos Alberto Bojorge Martínez was detained for his religious freedom advocacy.

On January 1, 2024, Martínez attended mass wearing a shirt that referenced the Nicaraguan government's…

Maricarmen Espinosa Segura is imprisoned for her association with Puerta de la Montaña Ministry. 

In December 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Espinosa, an attorney providing…

Frutos Constantino Valle Salmerón is detained for his religious association and leadership role.

On July 26, 2024, Nicaraguan police arrested Salmerón, a priest and the administrator of…

Harvin Tórrez was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.

On August 5, 2024, the authorities arrested Tórrez, parish priest of the Santa…

Jairo Pravia Flores was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.

On August 2, 2024, the authorities arrested Flores, the parish priest of…

Marlon Velásquez Flores was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.

On August 2, 2024, the authorities arrested Flores, a priest as…

Raúl Francisco Villegas is detained for his religious association and leadership role.

On August 2, 2024, the authorities arrested Villegas, the parish priest of the Nuestra Señora de…

Silvio Josúe Romero Juárez was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.

On August 1, 2024, the authorities arrested Juárez, the…

Ulises René Vega Matamoros was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.

On August 1, 2024, the authorities arrested Matamoros, the…

Victor Salvador Godoy Morales was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.

On August 2, 2024, the authorities arrested Morales,…

Edgar Luis Sacasa Sierra was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.

On August 1, 2024, the authorities arrested Sierra, the vicar of…

Danny Garcia was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.

On August 15, 2024, authorities arrested Garcia, a priest of the San Juan Bautista…

Leonel Balmaceda was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.

On August 10, 2024, authorities arrested Balmaceda, parish priest of the Jesús…

Denis Martínez García was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role. 

On August 11, 2024, authorities arrested García, a priest and a…

Carmen María Sáenz Martínez is under house arrest for her religious affiliation.

On August 10, 2024, authorities arrested Martínez, who worked at the Diocese of Matagalpa on marriage…

Lesbia Gutiérrez is under house arrest for her religious association.

On August 10, 2024, authorities arrested Gutiérrez, the former coordinator of the Urban and Rural Financial Support…

Li Weijin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.  

Liu Haiming is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.  

Huang Hongsong is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.  

Luo Siping is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.  

Tang Zhu is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.  

Wen Chunhua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.  

Wu Chunhua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.  

Wu Fangnian is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

Yao Aichan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.  

Zhang Aihua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.  

Zhong Dairong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.  

Cai Yingge is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Cai amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…

Chen Aishe is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Chen amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…

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…

Deng Lihua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Deng amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…

Ge Qin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Ge amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God members.…

Hu Jinfeng is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On August 23, 2022, authorities from Shandong Province’s Qixia City Public Security Bureau detained Hu in connection with her…

Wu Shirong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On June 16, 2022, authorities in Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province detained Wu for her religious activities with the Church of…

Wu Xiangzhen is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province detained Wu amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…

Xie Chunhua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On October 4, 2021, authorities in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, detained Xie because of her religious activities with the…

Yu Xiuxiang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On August 23, 2022, authorities from Shandong Province’s Qixia City Public Security Bureau detained Yu in connection with her…

Zhang Fangfang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Zhang amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…

Zhang Hongxia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On August 23, 2022, authorities from Shandong Province’s Qixia City Public Security Bureau detained Zhang in connection…

Zhu Xingxiu is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On October 4, 2021, authorities in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, detained Zhu because of her religious activities with the…

Ma Xianshi is detained for his religious activity. 

In November 2024, authorities arrested Ma, a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Wenzhou. Authorities accused him of “illegal business…

Ma Xianshi is detained for his religious activity. 

In November 2024, authorities arrested Ma, a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Wenzhou. Authorities accused him of “illegal business…

Guo Xijin is under house arrest for his religious activity and leadership role. 

Around December 2024, authorities confined Guo, an ordained priest in the unregistered Mindong Diocese…

Ghazal Marzban is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

In January 2026, authorities arrested Ghazal Marzban, a Catholic Christian convert, at her home in Tehran.…