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Gabdrakhman Naumov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
in March 2020, authorities arrested Naumov, an Islamic scholar at the Russian Islamic University and a former…
Nazim Abdrakhmanov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Abdrakhmanov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam…
Samat Adilov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Adilov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.
On…
Zhasulan Iskakov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Iskakov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…
Esim Suleimenov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Suleimenov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…
Azamat Umbetaliyev was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Umbetaliyev for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about…
Zhuldyzbek Taurbekov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Taurbekov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about…
Dilmurat Sultanmuratovich Makhamatov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On December 19, 2018, Kazakh authorities arrested Makhamatov after reportedly forcing…
Galymzhan Abilkairov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On April 23, 2018, authorities arrested Abilkairov reportedly following an investigation into sermons he…
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…
Nariman Seytzhanov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On January 15, 2017, authorities arrested Seytzhanov reportedly over a meeting he had in a coffeeshop in…
Sirojiddin Abdurahmonov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In November 2020, authorities arrested Abdurahmonov, an imam, following a raid on his apartment while he was teaching…
Mahmadsodyk Sayidov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2021, authorities arrested Sayidov, an imam, after he refused to give a state-provided sermon at his mosque.
In…
Abdugafor Rajabov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2021, authorities arrested Rajabov after an imam at his mosque refused to give a state-provided sermon.
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Aslamkhon Karimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2021, authorities arrested Karimov after an imam at his mosque refused to give a state-provided sermon.
In…
Sun Zhifen is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 25, 2018, authorities in Yingze district, Taiyuan municipality, Shanxi province, arrested Sun in her apartment…
Wang Suping is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 25, 2018, authorities in Yingze district, Taiyuan municipality, Shanxi province, arrested Wang at her home. …
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…
Tang Jianqun is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 22, 2017, authorities from Jieyang municipality, Guangdong province, arrested Tang alongside four other Falun…
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…
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…
Uzeir Abdullayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On October 12, 2016, Russian security forces arrested Abdullayev and several others after raiding their homes…
Maksim Puygin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 6, 2016, authorities arrested Puygin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Refat Alimov was imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On April 18, 2016, authorities arrested Alimov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization…
Ibrahim Shavkatov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 22, 2016, authorities arrested Shavkatov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…
Shohida Mamadjonova was imprisoned for her religious association.
In February 2022, authorities forcibly disappeared Mamadjonova, the mother of religious freedom advocate Sherzod …
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ali Badahdah is imprisoned in relation to his religious activity and leadership.
On September 12, 2017, armed soldiers arrested Badahdah, an imam and professor of hadith at King Abdul Aziz…
Omar Abdullah al-Saadoun is detained for her religious freedom advocacy.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Omar Abdullah al-Saadoun, a cleric and legal advisor, after he wrote an article…
Omar al-Muqbil is imprisoned for his religious expression and religious freedom advocacy.
In September 2019, authorities arrested al-Muqbil, a cleric, for a sermon criticizing concerts…
Abdullah Basfar is imprisoned for his religious activity and leadership.
In August 2020, authorities arrested Basfar, an imam, professor, well-known Qur’an reciter, and former Secretary-…
Abdolsadeh Azari is detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On March 10, 2022, authorities arrested four individuals, including Azari, in Ahvaz city as they attended a…
Jome Naami is detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On March 10, 2022, authorities arrested four individuals, including Naami, in Ahvaz city as they attended a…
Hasan Nisi is detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On March 10, 2022, authorities arrested four individuals, including Nisi, in Ahvaz city as they attended a…
Mostafa Khosraji is detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On March 10, 2022, authorities arrested four individuals, including Khosraji, in Ahvaz city as they…
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…
Saleh Al Talib is imprisoned for his religious expression leadership.
In August 2018, authorities arrested Talib, an imam at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, following a sermon he gave criticizing…
Bobirjon Tukhtamurodov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On April 11, 2022, Uzbek authorities arrested Tukhtamurodov at Tashkent airport after he arrived from Russia. …
Yevgeny Tarasov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Tarasov, after raiding their homes and…
Mukazhan Ksyupov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Ksyupov, after raiding their homes and…
Parviz Zeynalov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Zeynalov, after raiding their homes and…
Urdash Abdullayev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Abdullayev, after raiding their homes and…
Ilmir Abdullin was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Abdullin, after raiding their homes and…
Nikolay Nesterovich was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Nesterovich, after raiding their homes…
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…
Anatoli Zernichenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 15, 2021, authorities in Arys arrested Zernichenko for posting religious texts on Instagram and…
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…
Farit Sharifullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In February 2020, authorities arrested Sharifullin after accusing him of organizing and participating in…
Marsel Gimaliev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In February 2020, authorities arrested Gimaliev after accusing him of organizing and participating in…
Jumanazar Hojambetow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Hojambetow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of…
Begejik Begejikow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Begejikow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of Said…
Ahmet Mammetdurdyyew is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Mammetdurdyyew and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings…
Meret Owezow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Owezow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of Said Nursi,…
Myratdurdy Shamyradow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Shamyradow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of…
Muhammad Mustafa is detained for not engaging in religious activities according to the standards of a non-state entity.
On May 31, 2021, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham forces reportedly arrested…
Ali Shaker is detained for not engaging in religious activities according to the standards of a non-state entity.
On May 31, 2021, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham forces reportedly arrested Shaker…
Ruslan Suleimanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Suleimanov, a citizen journalist and activist from the Crimean Solidarity…
Yashar Muyedinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Muyedinov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing…
Rustem Sheikhaliev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Sheikhaliev, a citizen journalist from the Crimean Solidarity movement,…
Osman Arifmemetov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested and beat Arifmemetov, a citizen journalist and activist from the Crimean…
Akim Bekirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Bekirov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…