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Shi Fenglan is imprisoned for her religious activity.
Between August 31, 2017, to October 13, 2017, public security officials in Yilan county, Harbin municipality, and…
Lin Jiangmei was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On November 9, 2015, authorities detained Lin alongside two others in Chaoyang municipality, Liaoning province. Officials reportedly…
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…
Zhang Qingxiang is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 25, 2018, police arrested Zhang at her home in Xiaodian district. Her arrest coincided with the arrest of seven…
Tian Yuqin is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 25, 2018, authorities in Yingze district, Taiyuan municipality, Shanxi province, arrested Tian in a colleague's…
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 Huaying was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 20, 2018, police in Meizhou municipality, Guangdong province, arrested Zeng reportedly in relation to her practice of…
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…
Lu Keqin was detained for her religious activity.
On June 4, 2018, police arrested Lu reportedly in relation to her practice of Falun Gong.
On June 7, 2018, Lu was released.
…Chunmei Wang was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 27, 2020, Kaiyuan City police arrested Wang, a retiree from Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province who worked at the Honghe…
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…
Liu Lijie is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 14, 2020, public security officers from Jiamusi Municipality, Heilongjiang Province, detained Liu while she was at…
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…
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…
Xu Na is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Xu, living in…
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…
Zheng Yanmei is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Zheng,…
Zheng Yujie is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Zheng, living…
Deng Jingjing is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Deng, living in…
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…
Zhang Renfei is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Zhang, living in…
Meng Qingxia is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Meng, living in…
Jiao Mengjiao was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Jiao, living in…
Li Jiaxuan was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Li, 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…
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…
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…
Wang Qihua is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 13, 2017, Xinzhou public security officials took into…
Cui Fenglan is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 2, 2016, plainclothes police from Xiangfang district,…
Jin Liyan is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 27, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Jin in relation to her production and…
Bian Changxue is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On January 5, 2016, authorities in Yutian county, Tangshan municipality, Hebei province,…
Zhuang Youbu is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 1, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Zhuang in relation to her production and…
Chen Kaiqi was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 28, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Chen in relation to her production and…
Ren Shenglin was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 16, 2016, authorities detained Ren reportedly in relation to his Falun Gong activity…
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…
Zhang Chunhe is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On April 10, 2021, authorities arrested Zhang reportedly in relation to her practice of Falun Gong.
On July…
Wang Jianmin is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On September 4, 2020, authorities in Laiyang detained Wang after catching her distributing Falun Gong leaflets. Police seized other…
Cao Qian is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 28, 2020, authorities in Xiaoyi city, Shanxi province, arrested Cao for being in possession of Falun Gong materials.…
Jang Baolian is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In or around May 2020, authorities in Xiaoyi city, Shanxi province, arrested Jang for being in possession of Falun Gong…
Wang Xinmin is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 10, 2021, police arrested Wang in relation to his Falun Gong activity. Police reportedly beat him.
On October 29…
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…
Wang Jiafang is imprisoned for her religious practice.
On September 10, 2021, authorities reportedly detained Wang for practicing Falun Gong.
In July 2022, the Liwan…
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.…
Zhou Deyong is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On April 23, 2021, authorities in Dongying municipality, Shandong province detained Zhou and raided his home, confiscating Falun…
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…
Liu Aihua is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 7, 2022, Changsha public security authorities detained Liu for distributing Falun Gong materials.
On January 3,…
He Binggang is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On October 9, 2021, authorities in Changning district, Shanghai municipality, arrested He in relation to his Falun Gong activities. He…
Zhang Yibo is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On October 9, 2021, authorities arrested Zhang in relation to her Falun Gong activities. She was brought to the Changing PSB Detention…
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…
Liu Xing is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2022, authorities in Daxing district, Beijing municipality, detained at least 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including …
Liu Yuhong is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2022, authorities in Daxing district, Beijing municipality, detained at least 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including …
Li Fangfang is detained for her religious activity.
On August 3, 2022, authorities from Tiexi district, Shenyang municipality, Liaoning province, detained Li for passing out Falun Gong…
Pan Hongming is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On August 11, 2022, authorities in Erdaojiang district, Tonghua municipality, Jilin province, detained four individuals,…
Yue Chunguang is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On August 11, 2022, authorities in Erdaojiang district, Tonghua municipality, Jilin province, detained four individuals,…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Natalia Minenkova is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In May 2024, Russian authorities arrested Minenkova for organizing Falun Gong activities, including identifying new members…
Zhu Yun is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In November 2024, Russian authorities arrested Yun for organizing Falun Gong activities.
In June 2025, authorities…
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,…
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…
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…