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Aramais Avakian was imprisoned in relation to his religious identity.
On September 4, 2015, authorities arrested Avakian, a Christian fish farmer, after being accusing him of being an…
Wang Mingquan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2017, authorities arrested Wang from his home. Police reportedly confiscated Falun Gong materials and…
Deng Chuangjiu was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In October 2017, authorities arrested Deng from his workplace after accusing him of using WeChat to disseminate…
Ma Zhenyu was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On September 19, 2017, authorities arrested Ma after he sent mail to government leaders about Falun Gong persecution.
On…
Yao Guofu was imprisoned for distributing religious materials.
On December 5, 2015, plainclothes police officers detained Yao and his wife, Liang Xin, from their home in Nanyang…
Zhao Jiyuan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In July 2019, authorities arrested Zhao reportedly in relation to his Falun Gong activities. Police searched his home…
Li Yuehu was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 11, 2019, authorities arrested Li after police found Falun Gong-related materials on him.
In December 2019, Li was…
Li Guo was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In May 2018, authorities arrested Li while he was allegedly distributing out Falun Gong-related materials. Police reportedly…
Zhu Tonggui is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 23, 2018, authorities arrested Zhu Tonggui and his brother from their rental property in Linyi City. It is…
Sawan Masih was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
On March 9, 2013, authorities arrested Masih, a street sweeper, after he was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a…
Shafqat Emmanuel was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In July 2013, authorities arrested Emmanuel and his wife, Shagufta Kausar, for allegedly sending blasphemous texts.…
Sunny Mushtaq is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In June 2019, authorities arrested 19-year-old Sunny Mushtaq and his friend, Noman Asghar, for receiving images…
Asif Masih is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2017, authorities arrested 16-year-old Masih after he was accused of setting a Qur'an and another religious booklet on fire. A mob…
Patras Masih was detained for blasphemy.
On February 19, 2018, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of posting a perceived-blasphemous image on Facebook a few days before.…
Zhang Ming was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 29, 2018, officers from Kuandian Country Domestic Security Division arrested Zhang and a colleague for having Falun Gong-…
Li Changxing was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Li after he removed posters criticizing Falun Gong.
In September 2018, the Haizhu Court…
Xu Shikai was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Xu reportedly in relation to his practice of Falun Gong.
In April 2020, the Huili…
Yang Chuanhou was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On October 3, 2018, authorities arrested Yang and several of his colleagues after accusing them of talking to people…
Guo Yuanjun was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In May 2019, authorities arrested Guo and several others reportedly in relation to their practice of Falun Gong.
In October…
Wu Jianming was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 14, 2018, authorities arrested Wu for allegedly sharing information about Falun Gong and charged him with…
Pan Feng is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2018, authorities arrested Pan after accusing him of handing out Falun-Gong related materials.
On an unspecified date,…
Lei Anxiang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Lei after accusing him of handing out Falun Gong-related materials.
In…
Wang Ziming is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In November 2018, authorities arrested Wang, a Falun Gong practitioner, for allegedly defacing a Chine Communist Party…
Gao Hongwei was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In November 2018, authorities arrested Gao reportedly in relation to his practice of Falun Gong.
In December 2019…
Shang Zhaoxiang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In November 2018, authorities arrested Shang reportedly in relation to his practice of Falun Gong.
In December 2019, the…
Wei Zaiqiang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In December 2016, authorities arrested Wei after accusing him of leaving messages about Falun Gong in public areas. Police…
Li Yongxin was imprisoned for publicly promoting his religion.
In August 2019, authorities arrested Li for putting up Falun Gong flyers.
In January 2020, the Lanshan District Court…
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…
Li Yongquan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2017, authorities arrested Li reportedly in relation to his practice of Falun Gong. Li was reportedly…
Chen Dicai is imprisoned for his religious bactivity.
In July 2019, authorities arrested Chen after a family member accused him of practicing Falun Gong. Police reportedly tortured Chen.…
Liu Wansheng is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2020, authorities arrested Liu after accusing him of publicly talking to people about Falun Gong.
In…
Shi Xingjia was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2018, authorities arrested Shi from his home in relation to his practice of Falun Gong. Authorities…
Zheng Weidong was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2018, authorities arrested Zheng from his home following a wave of arrest of Falun Gong practitioners.…
Deng Chengkai is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In July 2019, authorities arrested Deng and a colleague in relation to their practice of Falun Gong. Police reportedly seized Falun…
Yuan Bin was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In January 2019, authorities arrested Yuan, a Falun Gong practitioner, after he sought the release of his sister, who was arrested for…
Liu Enquan was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In November 2018, authorities arrested Liu reportedly in relation to his practice of Falun Gong.
In June 2019, Liu was…
Gong Qinglin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2019, authorities arrested Gong after summoning him to a police station. Authorities reportedly seized Falun…
Zhang Chunqiu was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2019, authorities arrested Zhang reportedly in relation to his practice of Falun Gong.
On an…
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…
Sun Jun was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 17, 2016, police arrested Sun after he went to the police station to learn more about the detention of his wife, Zhang Xia, who…
Zhang Shude is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 29, 2017, police arrested Zhang, raided his home, and confiscated Falun Gong-related materials. Days before his arrest,…
Zuo Hongtao is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 9, 2017, authorities in Shanhaiguan district, Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province, arrested 6 Falun Gong practitioners,…
Wu Wenzhang is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 9, 2017, authorities in Shanhaiguan district, Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province, arrested 6 Falun Gong…
Hong Weisheng is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On April 19, 2018, public security officers in Wuhan municipality, Hubei province, arrested Hong and four other Falun Gong…
Guan Xingtao is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 9, 2018, authorities in Daqing municipality, Heilongjiang province, arrested Guan alongside dozens of Falun Gong…
Du Yecheng is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 9, 2018, authorities in Daqing municipality, Heilongjiang province, arrested Du alongside dozens of Falun Gong…
Liu Changfu is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 9, 2017, authorities in Shanhaiguan district, Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province, arrested 6 Falun Gong…
Yang Bo is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On October 7, 2017, authorities from Nanshan district, Shenzhen municipality, Guangdong province, detained Yang and his wife, Xiao…
Kuang Dongliang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On September 27, 2017, authorities from Hanyin county, Ankang municipality, Shaanxi province, detained Kuang reportedly in…
Luan Ning is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On August 27, 2017, authorities in Yinchuan municipality, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region detained Luan reportedly in relation to his…
Wu Chaoqi was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In August 2018, authorities from of Dianbai district, Maoming municipality, Guangdong province, detained Wu Chaoqi, his mother,…
Liu Qing is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On August 15, 2019, authorities from Fuyu county, Songyuan municipality, Jilin province, detained Liu at his apartment reportedly in…
Li Yanchun is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 25, 2018, authorities from Lulong county, Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province, detained Li and his wife, …
Liu Fengbao was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On January 7, 2019, police in Yushu city, Changchun municipality, Jilin province, detained Liu alongside two colleagues after…
Ding Guozhu was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 21, 2018, authorities detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Ding, after they had allegedly shared information…
Gao Jianjun was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 5, 2018, authorities in Haizhou district, Lianyungang municipality, Jiangsu province, detained 11 Lianyungang residents,…
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…
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…
Guo Yanda was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On April 18, 2012, authorities in Zhanqian District, Yingkou Municipality, Liaoning Province, arrested Guo alongside eight other…
Zhang Hongzhu is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On October 8, 2017, authorities in Bayan County, Harbin Municipality, Heilongjiang Province, arrested Zhang and charged…
Wu Chunxiong is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On May 22, 2017, authorities from Jieyang municipality, Guangdong province, arrested Wu alongside four other Falun Gong…
Ma Yitao is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On September 10, 2017, police in Bei’an city, Heihe municipality, Heilongjiang province, arrested Ma and two colleagues for allegedly…
Luo Baojun was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 25, 2018, authorities in Yingze district, Taiyuan municipality, Shanxi province, arrested Luo in a colleague's…
Song Konghua was imprisoned for his religious activity.
Between August 31, 2017, to October 13, 2017, public security officials in Yilan county, Harbin municipality, and…
Zeng Haiping was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 21, 2018, police in Meizhou municipality, Guangdong province arrested Zeng in relation to his practice of Falun Gong…
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…
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…
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…
Tan Quicheng is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2019, authorities arrested Tan reportedly for practicing Falun Gong.
On September 28, 2019, the Lishu County Court of…
Li Zongze is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Li, living…
Li Lixin is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Li, living…
Liu Qiang is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Liu, living in…
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…
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…
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…
Zhang Minglang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On December 22, 2017, authorities in Bazhou district, Bazhong municipality, Sichuan province, detained at least 16 Falun…
Bian Changxue is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On January 5, 2016, authorities in Yutian county, Tangshan municipality, Hebei province,…