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Silfi Latifah is imprisoned for her religious expression. 

In May 2022, police officers arrested Latifah for uploading a video to social media of her husband stomping on a Qur'an.…

Mohammedreza Tabri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy. 

In January 2026, police in Tehran arrested Tabri during city-wide protests. 

Shortly…

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…

Bereket Gebremichael is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

In August 2023, mobilization soldiers arrested Gebremichael on the street for conscientiously objecting to…

Amanuel Gebremariam is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

In May 2023, authorities detained Gebremariam on his way home from work for conscientiously objecting to…

Tareke Tesfamariam is detained for his religious activity. 

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

Aysulu Tastaybekova is detained for her religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Tastaybekova, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused her of organizing…

Tatyana Dodolina is detained for her religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Dodolina, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused her of organizing activities…

Yevgeniy Abramov is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Abramov, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused him of organizing activities…

Vladimir Pushkov is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Pushkov, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused him of organizing activities…

Yana Abramova is detained for her religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Abramova, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused her of organizing activities of…

Biniam Berhane is detained for his religious activity. 

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

Genet Zeray is detained for her religious activity. 

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

Okba Dawit is detained for her religious activity. 

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

Andrey Plekhanov is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities detained Plekhanov, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"  (…

Anton Novopashin is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities detained Novopashin, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"…

Gonkhi Venans Dzhakhi is detained for his religious activity. In March 2025, authorities detained Dzhakhi, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"  (Art. 282…

Yuriy Pichugin is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities detained Pichugin, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"  (Art…

Yevgeniy Dodolin is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Dodolin, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused him of organizing activities…

Bekzat Maksutkhan is detained for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Maksutkhan and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…

Kuandyk Koszhanov is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Koszhanov and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…

Margulan Nurdangazy is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Nurdangazy and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…

Yerkinbek Nurakyn is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Nurakyn and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…

Batylbek Baikazy is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Baikazy and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's arrest…

Bakytzhan Shugyl is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Shugyl and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's arrest…

Yerbol Nurlybaev is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Nurlybaev and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…

Tursynbek Kabi is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Kabi and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's arrest of a…