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Lao Feiyan was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 15, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau of Bengbu City detained Lao reportedly in relation to her…
Liu Zhi is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 24, 2018, officers from the Qingdao City Public Security Bureau arrested Liu reportedly in relation to her…
Cai Jinfeng was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 2, 2017, officers from the Lishui City Public Security Bureau of Zhejiang province detained Cai in relation…
He Jun was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 19, 2015, officers from the Shushan Branch of the Hefei City Public Security Bureau detained He reportedly in relation…
Yao Xiaoying was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 26, 2015, authorities detained Yao and her husband reportedly in relation to their religious belief. Yao's…
Wu Zhifang was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 19, 2015, officers from the Shushan Branch of the Hefei City Public Security Bureau detained Wu reportedly in…
Zou Zhengqin was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 19, 2015, officers from the Shushan Branch of the Hefei City Public Security Bureau detained Zou reportedly in…
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…
Imran Ghafur Masih was imprisoned for blasphemy.
On July 1, 2009, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of burning a Qur'an. Following the accusation, a mob attacked Masih…
Zafar Bhatti was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
On July 22, 2012, authorities arrested Bhatti, a pastor, after he was accused of sending text messages insulting the Prophet…
Humayun Faisal was detained for blasphemy.
On May 24, 2015, authorities arrested Faisal after he was accused of burning newspapers containing Qur'anic texts on them. Faisal was reportedly…
Yaqoob Bashir Masih is imprisoned for alleged blasphemy.
In June 2015, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of burning a booklet containing Qur'an text and was harmed by a mob.…
Nabeel Masih was imprisoned for blasphemy.
On September 18, 2016, authorities arrested Masih - a minor at the time - after he was accused of posting content on Facebook insulting the Kaaba.…
Asif Stephen was detained for blasphemy.
On August 12, 2017, authorities arrested Stephen - a minor at the time - after he was accused of burning pages of the Qur'an. A mob…
Stephen Masih was detained for blasphemy.
In March 2019, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad. According to reports, the accusation…
Saleem Masih was detained for blasphemy.
On June 15, 2019, authorities arrested Masih after a relative accused him of burning pages of the Qur'an. He was reportedly charged with "…
Shahbaz Masih was detained for blasphemy.
On December 27, 2019, authorities arrested Masih and his friend, Muhammad Ishaq, and charged them with "desecrating the Qur'an" (Sec. 295-B PPC).…
Anwar Masih is detained for alleged blasphemy.
On June 2, 2020, authorities arrested Masih following a dispute with some Muslim family members. Authorities, who were called to mediate,…
Sohail Masih is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2020, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of posting content on Facebook deemed to be blasphemous. Authorities charged…
David Masih is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2020, authorities in Nowshera arrested Masih after pages torn from the Qur'an were discovered in a nearby drain. Authorities…
Chen Yu is imprisoned in relation to his religiously oriented business.
On September 13, 2019, public security officials from Linhai City, Taizhou Municipality, Zhejiang Province…
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…
Suleiman Bouhafs was imprisoned for his alleged expression about religion.
On August 25, 2021, three men in a black vehicle abducted Bouhafs – Chairman of the St. Augustine…
Shagufta Kiran is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Kiran after she was accused of forwarding content deemed blasphemous via WhatsApp in September 2020.…
Asif Pervaiz is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In October 2013, authorities arrested Pervaiz after a coworker accused him of sending blasphemous text messages.…
Qaisar Ayub is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In November 2014, authorities arrested Ayub and charged him with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).…
Raja Waris was detained for alleged blasphemy.
In December 2020, authorities arrested Waris, a pastor, after he was accused of committing blasphemy on Facebook. They charged him with "…
Salamat Mansha Masih was detained for blasphemy.
On February 13, 2021, authorities arrested Masih and charged him with "intending to outrage religious feelings" (Sec. 295-A PPC), "…
Joshua Hilmy was forcibly disappeared for his religious belief and activity.
On November 30, 2016, Hilmy, who is a pastor, and his wife, Ruth Sitepu, were disappeared at the hands…
Ruth Sitepu was forcibly disappeared for her religious identity.
On November 30, 2016, Sitepu and her husband, Joshua Hilmy, were disappeared at the hands of authorities or…
Danish Ali was detained for blasphemy.
On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Ali after he was accused of insulting to the Qur’an and the Prophet Muhammad during an argument with his…
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…
Muhammad Kece is imprisoned for his religious expression.
On August 24, 2021, authorities arrested Kece, a preacher, at his friend’s home in Bali after accusing him of posting videos on…
Fansan Shahid is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In March 2022, authorities arrested Shahid at his home after he was accused of posting a blasphemous comment on Facebook. Authorities charged…
Zya Minas was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In May 2022, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities arrested Minas, the mayor of Dadersh village in Dohuk…
James Zaya was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On May 11, 2022, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities arrested Zaya after local villagers protested the…
Rona Wilson was detained for his human rights and civil rights work for marginalized religious communities.
On June 6, 2018, police in Maharashtra arrested…
Vernon Gonsalves was detained for his human rights and civil rights work for marginalized religious communities.
On August 28, 2018, police in Maharashtra…
Arun Ferreira was detained for his human rights and civil rights work for marginalized religious communities.
On August 28, 2018, police in Maharashtra arrested…
Gholamreza Keyvanmanesh is detained for practicing his religion as a convert.
On June 26, 2022, authorities arrested Keyvanmanesh and three others in Neyshabur as they gathered…
Reza Radmanesh is detained for practicing their religion as a convert.
On July 17, 2022, security forces arrested four Christians, including Radmanesh, in Neyshabur City…
Homayoun Zhaveh was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Zhaveh and his wife, Sara Ahmadi, as they were on vacation with some…
Sara Ahmadi was imprisoned for practicing her religion as a convert.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Ahmadi and her husband, Homayoun Zhaveh, as they were on vacation with…
Mohammad Golbaz is detained for practicing his religion as a convert.
On July 30, 2022, authorities arrested Golbaz at his motorcycle repair shop reportedly after raiding his parents' home…
Zarvia Pervaiz was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In April 2022, 12-year-old Pervaiz, a Christian girl from Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, was abducted by a 40-year-old man…
Rhoda Jatau was detained for blasphemy.
On May 20, 2022, authorities in Bauchi state arrested Jatau after riots broke out in response to a perceived blasphemous message she sent on…
Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo was detained for his religious conversion.
On December 15, 2021, authorities arrested Abdo, a Yemeni refugee, from his Cairo home. Abdo's arrest followed his…
Mo Wulong is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On or around June 21, 2007, authorities in the Jianghua Yao Autonomous County,…
Cheng Jinfeng was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 18, 2014, authorities from Shizuishan…
Ishtiaq Saleem is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In November 2022, authorities in Islamabad arrested Saleem after he was accused of sharing content deemed blasphemous on social media.…
Adil Babar is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In May 2023, police arrested Babar and his friend, Simon Nadeem, for allegedly calling a puppy "Muhammad Ali." The police charged Babar with "…
Simon Nadeem is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In May 2023, police arrested Nadeem, a minor, and his friend, Adil Babar, for allegedly calling a puppy "Muhammad Ali." The police charged…
Raja Amir was detained for blasphemy.
In August 2023, police arrested Amir after rumors circulated alleging that he and his brother tore pages from a Quran and wrote derogatory comments on…
Hakop Gochumyan is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 15, 2023, authorities in Pardis arrested Gochumyan while he and his family were having dinner at a friend's…
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…