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Aleksey Ukhov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 22, 2020, authorities in Sovetskaya Gavan detained Ukhov after searching his home. Investigators accused…

Nikolay Voishchev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 20, 2022, authorities in Maykop detained Voishchev after searching his home. Investigators accused…

Aleksey Trofimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Trofimov after searching the homes of several…

Dmitriy Malevaniy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Malevaniy after searching the homes of several…

Olga Panyuta is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Panyuta after searching the homes of several Jehovah…

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…

Yurii Herashchenko was under house arrest for his religious activity. 

On March 22, 2023, Russian authorities arrested Herashchenko, a resident of Crimea, Ukraine, after accusing…

Sergei Parfenovich was under house arrest for his religious activity. 

On September 28, 2022, Russian authorities in Krasnogvardeiskoe, Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Parfenovich…

Dmytro Naukhatsky is under house arrest for his religious activity. 

On December 8, 2022, authorities in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Naukhatsky after accusing him of…

Sergey Romanov is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On June 2, 2023, authorities placed Romanov in a temporary detention facility after accusing him of organizing and holding…

Artem Velichko was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

On February 14, 2023, authorities in Saransk arrested Velichko and transferred him to a detention center after…

Ivan Neverov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In February 2023, Russian authorities arrested Neverov and charged him with organizing "extremist activities" (Art. 282.2-1…

Mikhail Shevchuk is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In February 2023, Russian authorities arrested Shevchuk and charged him with extremism for being a Jehovah's…

Pavel Kazadaev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On May 26, 2023, the Industrial District Court of Barnaul imposed a three-year suspended sentence on Kazadaev for…

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…

Bokurezion Dawit is detained for his religious belief. 

In March 2023, Eritrean authorities detained Dawit and took him to Barentu Prison camp for his neutral stand on patriotic issues…

Tewoldemedhin Habtezion is detained for his religious belief and association.

In February 2023, authorities arrested Habtezion because his son would not sing the national anthem and was…

Andemeskel Kidane is detained for his religious belief and association.

In March 2023, authorities arrested Kidane after his two 11-year-old children were expelled from school for…

Yonas Tekeste is detained for his religious belief.

In February 2022, authorities arrested Tekeste for conscientiously objecting to continuing to serve in the military after…

Isak Tekle is detained for his religious belief.

In November 2022, authorities arrested Tekle for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a Jehovah's…

Tigist Tekle is detained for her religious belief and activity.

In December 2022, authorities arrested Tekle for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a…

Tekle Yoab is detained for his religious belief and activity.

In November 2022, authorities arrested Yoab and his wife for refusing to give money to the national defense.…

Kdisti Tesfamichael is detained for her religious belief and activity.

In November 2022, authorities arrested Tesfamichael and her husband for refusing to give money to the national…

Tesfay Kiflay is detained for his religious belief and association.

In March 2023, authorities arrested Kiflay because his daughter refused to sing the national anthem and was expelled…

Rimon Yonas is detained for his religious belief.

In October 2022, authorities arrested Yonas for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a Jehovah's…

Yanet Yonas is detained for her religious belief.

In December 2022, authorities found and arrested Yonas, a Jehovah's Witness who had gone into hiding during a military…

Vladimir Balabkin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On September 13, 2023, the Belogorsk District Court sentenced Balabkin to four years in prison for “…

Daniil Smal was detained for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.

On May 17, 2023, conscription authorities summoned Smal to the district conscription office of Rudny,…

Yevgeny Bushev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 7, 2023, the Kalininsky District Court of Chelyabinsk sentenced Bushev to seven years in prison for “…

Aleksey Gerasimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 7, 2023, the Kirovsky District Court of Kazan sentenced Gerasimov to six years in prison for “…

Aleksandr Serebryakov is detained for his religious activity and belief.

On September 19, 2023, authorities detained Serebryakov following searches on Jehovah's Witness homes in…

Aleksey Khabarov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 20, 2023, the Porkhov District Court of the Pskov Region sentenced Khabarov to two years and six…

Dmitriy Chausova is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On August 8, 2023, authorities in Kursk detained Chausova after searching the homes of several Jehovah's…

Oksana Chausova is under house arrest for her religious belief and activity. 

On August 8, 2023, authorities in Kursk detained Chausova after searching the homes of several…

Nikolay Kupriyanskiy is under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

On August 8, 2023, authorities in Kursk detained Kupriyanskiy after searching the homes of several…

Anton Virich is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On July 11, 2023, authorities in Uzhur detained Virich and subsequently disappeared him for nine days until friends found…

Marina Chaplykina is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On December 18, 2023, the Novosibirsk District Court sentenced Chaplykina to four years in prison for “…

Valeriy Maletskov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In April 2019, authorities placed Maletskov under house arrest following raids on several Jehovah's Witness…

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…

Kirill Chekolaev was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On December 7, 2023, authorities in Vladivostok detained Chekolaev after searching several Jehovah's Witness homes…

Nay Y Blang is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On May 18, 2023, Vietnamese authorities arrested Blang on accusations including “abusing democratic freedoms” (Art.…

Aleksandr Chagan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 29, 2024, the Central District Court of Tolyatti in the Samara Region sentenced Chagan to eight years in…

Stanislav Kim is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On June 20, 2024, the Industrial District Court of Khabarovsk sentenced Kim to eight years and two months in prison for “organizing…

Vitaliy Zhuk is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On June 20, 2024, the Industrial District Court of Khabarovsk sentenced Zhuk to eight years and four months in prison for “organizing…

Nikolai Polevodov is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On June 20, 2024, the Industrial District Court of Khabarovsk sentenced Polevodov to eight years and six months in prison for “…

Mojdeh Falahi is detained for her religious belief. 
In September 2024, Iranian security authorities arrested Falahi, a Christian convert, in Shiraz. Falahi reportedly went to the Shiraz…

Arslan Wepayew was detained for his conscientious objection.

In November 2024, authorities arrested Wepayew and placed him in pretrial detention for refusing to perform military service…

Narges Nasri was detained for her religious conversion.

In November 2024, Iranian intelligence authorities detained Nasri after raiding her Tehran home, during which they confiscated…

Said Abdelrazek is detained for his religious conversion and activity.

After converting from Islam to Christianity in 2018, Abdelrazek was subject to various legal, social, and civil…

Letebrhan Tesfay is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, police officers arrested 85-year-old Letebrhan Tesfay while raiding her home as she hosted a peaceful…

Sidon Tekeste is detained for her religious belief and activity. 

In November 2024, authorities arrested Tekeste at school for respectfully refusing to contribute to a political fund.…

Berekti Habte is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, police officers arrested Habte while she attended a peaceful religious gathering. Authorities confined her in…

Morteza Faghanpour-Saasi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In June 2024, Iranian authorities arrested Morteza for distributing "illegal" Christian books and…

Abolfazl Ahmadzadeh-Khajani is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In June 2024, Iranian authorities arrested Ahmadzadeh-Khajani and pressured him to renounce his…

Dr. Augustin Samaan is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In October 2025, Egyptian authorities arrested Samaan, a Christian apologist, and charged him with "contempt of Islam" for…

Mehran Shamloui is imprisoned for his religious conversion and activity. 

In 2024, Iranian authorities arrested Shamloui for participating in a house church. 

In March 2025,…

Elgiz Ibrahimov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds. 

On July 30, 2025, Judge Qalib Pashayev sentenced 19-year-old Ibrahimov to one year of…

Zahra Gholami is imprisoned for her religious conversion and activity. 

In December 2023, 30 Iranian intelligence agents raided Gholami's house church in Shahriar and arrested her.…

Teymur Hosseini is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In December 2023, Iranian authorities arrested Housseini after raiding his home and workplace. 

On July 2, 2024,…

Chandy Varghese is detained for his religious activity.

In November 2025, Indian authorities arrested Varghese for his evangelism during a three-day spiritual gathering at Beersheba Church…

Arun John is detained for his religious activity. 

In November 2025, Indian authorities arrested John for his evangelism during a three-day spiritual gathering at Beersheba Church in…

Aida Najaflou is imprisoned for her religious conversion and activity. 

In February 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Aida, a Christian convert, along with four other Christians for…

Maria Shahbaz was subjected to forced renunciation of faith. 

On July 26, 2025,13-year-old Shahbaz was abducted by a 30-year-old man near her home, forcibly converted to Islam, and…

Aleksandr Neverov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In the winter of 2023, Russian authorities arrested Neverov for participating in Jehovah's Witness meetings, discussing…

Abbas Soori is imprisoned for his religious activity and conversion. 

In November 2024, Iranian intelligence authorities arrested Abbas Soori while raiding his home, confiscating Bibles…

Mahmoud Mardani is imprisoned for his religious conversion and activity. 

In December 2021, plainclothes intelligence agents arrested Mardani, a Christian convert from Islam, and his…

Mansour Mardani is imprisoned for his religious conversion and activity.

In December 2021, plainclothes intelligence agents arrested Mardani, a Christian convert from Islam, and his brother…

Parvin Ghadiani is detained for her religious conversion and activity. 

In January 2024, Iranian security forces arrested Ghadiani, a Christian convert from Islam, for "proselytizing…

Amir-Ali Minaei is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In December 2023, Iranian officials arrested Minaei for his involvement with a Christian house church. 

In March…

Alina Khalid was subjected to forced renunciation of faith. 

In June 2024, 14-year-old Khalid, a Christian girl from Islamabad, was abducted from her home by a neighbor. She was later…

Jessica Iqbal was subjected to forced renunciation of faith. 

In April 2025, Iqbal, a Christian girl from Lahore, was abducted from her home by a neighbor. Her father subsequently filed…

Victim NP-0005 is detained for her religious activity. 

In 2004, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0005 for having contact with a religious person and saying the word "…

Victim NP-0022 is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In 2011, Ministry of State Security officials arrested NP-0022 in Nampo, South Pyongan Province, and sentenced her to prison at…

Victim NP-0036 is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

In 2014, Ministry of State Security officials arrested NP-0036 for his Christian faith and evangelism. Authorities…

Victim NP-0057 is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In 2008, Ministry of State Security officials arrested NP-0057 for smuggling pages of the Bible into North Korea from a…

Victim NP-0064 is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On an unspecified date, Korean People's Army (KPA) and Ministry of State Security officials arrested NP-0064, a soldier in the…

Xin Ruoyu is detained for her religious activity. 

In or around July 2024, authorities detained Xin for developing an app that gives users access to Christian hymns and devotional…

Hao Zhiwei is imprisoned for her religious activity and leadership role. 

In July 2019, authorities detained Hao Zhiwei, pastor of Egangqiao Church, for collecting tithes and offerings…

Mary Mohammadi is forcibly disappeared for her religious belief. 

In February 2026, Iranian Ministry of Intelligence authorities disappeared Mohammadi, a Christian convert and human…

Tigisti Tsehaye is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Tsehaye and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…

Hideat Gebrehiwet is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Gebrehiwet and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful…

Selam Tsehaye is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Tsehaye and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…

Hiwet Isak is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Isak and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…

Okba Amare is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Amare and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…

Tsige Ghebremedhin is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Ghebremedhin and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful…

Almaz Gebrehiwot is detained for her religious belief and activity. 

In November 2024, authorities detained Gebrehiwot for refusing to join or contribute financially to the ruling…

Bereket Araya is detained for his religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Araya and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…

Elen Goitom is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Goitom and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…

Amanuel Araya is detained for his religious activity.

In September 2024, authorities detained Araya and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting at…

Keseteberhan Negusse is detained for his religious belief. 

In February 2024, authorities detained Negusse after learning he was a Jehovah's Witness. Negusse, a landlord, had attempted…

Zesani Biniam is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In November 2024, authorities arrested Biniam at the Asmara Technical School for conscientiously objecting to…

Fitsum Goitom is detained for his religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Goitom and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…

Hadassa Zerisenay is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Zerisenay and 16 other Jehovah's Witnesses during a peaceful religious meeting in a…

Almaz Gebrehiwot is detained for her religious belief and activity.

In November 2024, authorities detained Gebrehiwot for refusing to join or contribute financially to the ruling political…

Selam Tewelde is detained for her religious belief and activity. 

In January 2024, authorities arrested Tewelde for refusing to financially support political movements as a Jehovah's…

Eyasu Yohannes is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

In September 2023, mobilization soldiers arrested Yohannes on the street for conscientiously objecting to compulsory…

Teklu Gebrehiwet is detained for his religious belief and activity.

In November 2022, mobilization soldiers detained Gebrehiwet on the street for conscientiously objecting to compulsory…

Dolshi Yonas is detained for his religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Yonas and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…

Saba Tekle is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Tekle and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…