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Raif Badawi was imprisoned for his religious freedom advoacy, expression about religion, and for criticizing religious authorities.
In June 2012, authorities arrested Badawi, a…
Amanollah Balochi is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious belief and activity.
On November 19, 2015, authorities arrested Balochi, a Sunni cleric, on his way home from…
Abdolrahim Kouhi is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious belief and activity.
On November 20, 2015, authorities arrested Kouhi, a Sunni cleric, from his home. Kouhi…
Ruhiddin Fahriddinov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In November 2005, Kazakh authorities detained and deported Fahriddinov, a scholar and independent imam, to Uzbekistan.…
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…
Xu Xiujuan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In June 2017, authorities arrested Xu in relation to her Falun Gong activity. It is reported that she was tortured while in…
Deng Cuiping was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 24, 2016, officers from the Public Security Bureau in Chengjiang County detained Deng and four others for distributing Falun…
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…
Zhou Shuxian was imprisoned for distributing religious materials.
In July 2019, authorities arrested Zhou for distributing Falun Gong materials. It is reported that Zhou was beaten…
Zhou Yuzhen was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Zhou in Jinzhou city after being accusing her of distributing Falun Gong materials. …
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…
Gao Jianling is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In December 2017, authorities arrested Gao reportedly in relation to her practice of Falun Gong.
In December…
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…
Wang Fang was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On October 3, 2018, authorities arrested Wang and several of her colleagues after accusing them of talking to people about Falun…
Bai Xia was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On October 3, 2018, authorities arrested Bai and several of her colleagues after accusing them of talking to people about Falun…
Wang Fuhua was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On October 3, 2018, authorities arrested Wang and several of her colleagues after accusing them of talking to people about Falun…
Zhao Tingting was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On October 3, 2018, authorities arrested Zhao and several of her colleagues after accusing them of talking to people about Falun…
Yu Zhi was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2019, authorities arrested Yu for handing out Falun Gong-related materials.
In April 2020, the Wangjiang County Court…
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 Xiuxiang was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
In July 2015, authorities arrested Lei for sending a letter to a high-ranking former official, protesting…
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…
Li Dongmei was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2019, authorities arrested Li and her colleague after accusing them of talking to people about Falun Gong.
In April…
Geng Shulan was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2019, authorities arrested Geng and her colleague after accusing them of talking to people about Falun Gong.
In…
Ma Yunhua is imprisoned for her religious activities.
On February 6, 2018, public security officials from Weiyang district, Xi'an municipality, Shaanxi province, detained Ma for sharing…
Wang Lei was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In February 2014, authorities arrested Wang reportedly for practicing Falun Gong.
In November 2015, the Fangshan District…
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…
Ye Zhongqiu was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In November 2016, authorities arrested Ye alongside other Falun Gong adherents for passing out Falun Gong calendars.
In…
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.…
Xu Guixian was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2018, authorities arrested Xu reportedly in relation to her practice of Falun Gong.
In March 2019, Xu was reportedly…
Jin Hong was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In December 2019, authorities arrested Jin after accusing her of handing out Falun Gong-related materials. Police reportedly…
Qiang Weixiu was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2018, authorities arrested Qiang reportedly in relation to her practice of Falun Gong.
On an unspecified date, Qiang…
Servet Gaziyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Gaziyev, an activist for the Crimean Solidarity movement, after officers…
Emir-Usein Kuku is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On February 11, 2016, authorities arrested Kuku, a member of the Crimean Human Rights Contact Group, following a raid on…
Li Changqiu was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 9, 2014, authorities arrested Li alongside her husband, Zhao Banghai, after raiding their home, confiscating their personal…
Jiang Wei is imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On November 9, 2015, authorities detained Jiang after she sued former Chinese government official Jiang Zemin over his…
Usman Darvyshov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 18, 2009, Uzbek security services detained Darvyshov, a boxing coach at an athletics school and resident…
Fayzulla Agzamov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2001, authorities arrested Agzamov and charged him with “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order…
Tohir Djumanov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On August 6, 1999, authorities arrested Djumanov in Tashkent after accusing him of distributing Hizb ut-Tahrir literature.
…Ravshan Kosimov was imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.
In 2008, security services arrested Kosimov, a soldier who studied on an exchange program at the U.S. military…
Avaz Tokhtakhodjaev was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 26, 1999, security service agents arrested Tokhtakhodjaev, an economist, from his home in Tashkent…
Umar Badalov is detained for his religious activity.
On March 4, 1999, authorities arrested Badalov, a migrant worker and resident of Tashkent and pious Muslim, in the wave of arrests…
Nematullo Ibragimov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Ibragimov, a resident of Namangan, after accusing him of being a “Wahhabi” due…
Sanat Salimov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On an unspecified date, police from the Navoi Department of Internal Affairs Division of Terrorism and Extremism…
Jahongir Kamolov was imprisoned for an alleged religious affiliation.
On May 18, 2000, police arrested Kamolov in Tashkent for allegedly being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir. He was reportedly…
Ibrohim Kholmatov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2000, authorities arrested Kholmatov and charged him with “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order” (Art.…
Alisher Kasymov is imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
On October 10, 2019, authorities arrested Kasymov for allegedly downloading “extremist sermons” and other…
Shakhzodjon Zokirov is imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
On October 8, 2019, authorities arrested Zokirov for allegedly downloading “extremist sermons” and other…
Ubaydulla Murtazoyev was imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
On September 5, 2019, authorities detained Murtazoyev for allegedly storing with the purpose of distributing…
Azimjon Abdusamatov was imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
Between August and October 2019, authorities originally arrested Abdusamatov alongside seven others for…
Bakhtiyor Tursunov is imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
On September 5, 2019, authorities detained Tursunov and charged him on various criminal statutes, including…
Iskandar Iskandarov was imprisoned for gathering to discuss his religion.
In January 2020, authorities reportedly arrested Iskandarov for meeting with others to talk about Islam. …
Farrukh Yuldashev was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2000, authorities arrested Yuldashev during waves of arrests of Muslims following the February 1999 Tashkent bombings.…
Mohammed al-Rabiah is imprisoned for his activism against state imposed religious systems.
On May 15, 2018, authorities arrested al-Rabiah amid a statewide crackdown on women's rights…
Salman al-Ouda is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In September 2017, police arrested al-Ouda, a sheikh and Islamic scholar, from his home amid a state-wide wave…
Akrom Kamolovich Zokirov is imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.
In 2000, the Margilon City Court sentenced Zokirov to 20 years in prison on unspecified charges.
In…
Mukhitdin Irgashev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 1, 2015, officers arrested Irgashev, along with his son in Bukhara, charging them first with…
Sardorbek Irgashev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
For several years prior to their arrest, Irgashev, his father, Mukhitdin Irgashev, and his brother, Otabek…
Otabek Irgashev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 1, 2015, officers arrested Irgashev and his father in Bukhara, charging them first with administrative…
Kadyr Yusupov was mistreated in prison for fighting for prisoner religious freedom rights and his religious activity.
In or around December 2018, authorities arrested Yusupov, who…
Ibrohim Asronkulov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 1998, the Altyarikskim District Court in the Fergana region sentenced Asronkulov for "illegal…
Abdukhalil Abduzhabbarov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On February 18, 2017, Kazakh authorities arrested Abduzhabbarov, an imam, after extraditing him from Saudi…
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…
Fazilhoja Arifhojaev is under house arrest for his religious expression.
On June 28, 2021, authorities arrested Arifhojaev, a blogger known for his criticism of the government's religious…
Ali al-Omari is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In September 2017, authorities arrested al-Omari, an Islamic scholar, talk-show personality, and chairman of TV…
Zeynab Jalalian is imprisoned on religiously oriented charges.
In March 2008, security officials violently arrested Jalalian reportedly in relation to her social and political activism for…
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…
Dadash Mazhenov was imprisoned for posting online religious content.
On April 23, 2018, authorities arrested Mazhenov in relation to posts he made online containing religious sermons in 2015…
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…
Sulaiman al-Dowaish was forcibly disappeared for his religious expression.
In April 2016, al-Dowaish, a religious scholar, was forcibly disappeared after posting tweets summarizing a…
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…
Khasan Abdirakhimov is in a labor camp for his independent religious activity.
On November 22, 2021, police took into custody Abdirakhimov. Abdirakhimov had originally been sentenced in…
Raim Ayvazov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On April 17, 2019, authorities detained Ayvazov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, at a border crossing…
Abdul Majeed Al-Arkani is imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
In 2020, authorities arrested Al-Arkani, an imam, for being friendly with a prominent Turkish figure, Yasin…
Vadim Bektemirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Bektemirov among others after searching…
Bakhrom Khamroev is imprisoned for his human rights work for religious communities and his alleged religious expression.
On February 24, 2022, authorities arrested Khamroev, a human…
Farrukh Makhkamov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …
Shahboz Makhmudov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …
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…
Bahram Saparov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2013, authorities arrested Saparov after he was accused of being "…
Abdulmajid Moradzahi is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2023, authorities arrested Moradzahi, a prominent Sunni cleric, during protests in Zahedan…
Pan Hongming is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On August 11, 2022, authorities in Erdaojiang district, Tonghua municipality, Jilin province, detained four individuals,…
Muhsinjon Ahmedov is detained for his religious activity.
On October 20, 2023, French authorities again detained Ahmedov, this time keeping him in a deportation center before…
Assad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi was sentenced on religious-based charges related to social media activity criticizing the Saudi government, including the authorities’ sidelining of the Saudi religious…
Umar Khalimov is in a labor camp for his independent religious activity.
On June 18, 2024, police arrested Khalimov and seven other Muslims after six of them had attended a meal at the home…
Sardor Jurayev is in a labor camp for his independent religious activity.
On June 18, 2024, police arrested Jurayev and seven other Muslims, after six of them had attended a meal at the home…
Laziz Vokhidov is imprisoned for his independent religious activity.
On June 18, 2024, police arrested Vokhidov and seven other Muslims after six of them had attended a meal at the home of a…
Jamshid Abdirakhimov is in a labor camp for his independent religious activity.
On June 18, 2024, police arrested Abdirakhimov and seven other Muslims after six of them had attended a meal…
Gaybullo Jalilov is imprisoned for his independent religious activity.
On June 18, 2024, police arrested Jalilov and seven other Muslims after six of them had attended a meal at the home of…