Shahrouz Esmaeili is detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least …
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Sadegh Gheysari was imprisoned for his alleged religious association and for allegedly protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Gheysari following a…
Mubashar Ahmad was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy-related offenses.
On May 13, 2014, authorities arrested Ahmad alongside three others for allegedly tearing down…
Ehsan Ahmad was imprisoned for blasphemy.
On May 13, 2014, authorities arrested Ahmad alongside three others after they were accused of tearing down posters containing religious…
Saeed Ahmad Wariach is detained for alleged blasphemy.
Authorities arrested Wariach for "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).
Abdul Majeed is detained for blasphemy.
On September 13, 2020, authorities arrested Majeed after charging him with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).
Anas Hassan was imprisoned for his alleged atheistic activity.
In August 2019, authorities arrested Hassan for allegedly running the Facebook page, "The Egyptian Atheists," and charged him…
Ghulam Ahmad was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy-related offenses.
On May 13, 2014, authorities arrested Ahmad alongside three others after they were accused of tearing…
Shiraz Ahmad is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In February 2021, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of creating an Ahmadiyya online group and sharing content in it.…
Asghar Kalar was detained for blasphemy.
On September 26, 2021, authorities arrested Kalar after he was charged with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC). According to…
Mansoor Tahir Ahmad is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In March 2021, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of making negative comments about a religious program. They charged…
Malik Zaheer Ahmad is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In September 2020, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of blasphemy. In February 2021, after he was granted bail,…
Rohan Ahmad is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In May 2020, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of sharing on WhatsApp religious content deemed blasphemous. Authorities…
Hafiz Tariq Shehzad is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In September 2020, authorities arrested Shehzad after accusing him of sharing perceived blasphemous materials. Authorities charged…
Muhammad Hashmi is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Hashmi after his bail was revoked. He was initially arrested on June 20, 2019, after he was…
Zafar Ali is detained for his religious activity.
In July 2022, police in Faisalabad arrested Ali and his father for sacrificing animals on the Eid al-Adha holiday.…
Arshad Pervaiz is detained for his religious activity.
In July 2022, police in Faisalabad arrested Pervaiz and his son for sacrificing animals on the Eid al-Adha holiday.…
Saeed Ahmad is detained for his religious activity.
On July 10, 2022, police in Faisalabad arrested Ahmad and other Ahmadis for sacrificing animals on the Eid-ul-Adha holiday…
Shakeel Ahmad is detained for his religious activity.
In July 2022, police in Faisalabad arrested Ahmad and other Ahmadis for sacrificing animals on the Eid al-Adha holiday.…
Mukhtar Ahmad is detained for his religious activity.
In July 2022, police in Faisalabad arrested Ahmad and other Ahmadis for sacrificing animals on the Eid al-Adha…
Kaki Saeed Almasi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…
Siavash Kaliani was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Kaliani,…
Kamyab Heidari was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Heidari, as…
Seyed Ali Dakei was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Dakei…
Seyed Shahoo Shah-Ebrahimi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…
Afshin Azimi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Azimi, as…
Meysam Azimi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Azimi, as…
Hamid Zandi Nejhad was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Nejhad…
Navid Hassanlou was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…
Seyed Foad Shah-Ebrahimi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…
Faezeh Ranai was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Ranai,…
Naghi Rahmani was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Rahmani, as…
Masoum Razavi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Razavi, as…
Hamid Afshari was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Afshari, as…
Rashid Mohammadi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…
Bardia Tajdini was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Tajdini, as…
Meraj Hemmati was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Hemmati…
Amin Malekzade was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…
Farzad Rahmatabadi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…
Seyed Fariborz Shah-Ebrahimi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…
Noshad Taheri was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Taheri…
Ali Nazari was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Nazari, as…
Seyed Farhad Zalnouri was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…
Seyed Fereydoun Taheri was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…
Mohammad Bahrami was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…
Ghadir Rahimi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Rahimi…
Hamid Gorgin was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Gorgin, as…
Mehr-Ali Hemmati was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Hemmati,…
Nemat Pourvali was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Pourvali,…
Seyyed-Karam Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On December 1, 2022, authorities in Saveh reportedly beat and arrested Abbasi, a Yarsani…
Syeed-Amin Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On or around November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Abbasi, his brother Seyyed-Soroush…
Seyyed-Soroush Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On or around November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Abbasi, his brother Syeed-Amin…
Shahram Naderi was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On December 6, 2022, authorities in Kermanshah reportedly arrested Naderi in relation to his religious…
Mansour Safayi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On December 12, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Safayi after summoning him.
In…
Siavash Hayati was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Hayati alongside other other Yarsani…
Kaki Farzad Almasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.
On November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Almasi alongside other other…
Ali Ahmed Tariq was detained for blasphemy.
On April 27, 2023, police arrested Tariq, a lawyer, after receiving a complaint that he used the name "Syed" …
Vladimir Moiseenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In or around May 2022, authorities reportedly detained Moiseenko after accusing him of organizing Jehovah's…
Reza Rasaei is imprisoned and sentenced to death for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In November 2022, Iranian security forces arrested Rasaei, a Yarsani adherant, in Karaj after…
Ijaz Hussain is detained for his religious activity.
In May 2025, Pakistani authorities arrested Ijaz Hussain, along with another Ahmadi, Ayaz Hussain, for offering Friday prayers. During…
Ayaz Hussain is detained for his religious activity.
In May 2025, Pakistani authorities arrested Ayaz Hussain, along with another Ahmadi, Ijaz Hussain, for offering Friday prayers.…
Mohammad Soltani is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Soltani for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…
Mohammad-Reza Asadi is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Nik-Ahd for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…
Abolfazl Khoran is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Khoran for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…
Mostafa Kamani is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Kamani for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…
Ramtin Edrisi is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Edrisi for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…
Zhang Haitao is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In July 2015, Chinese authorities arrested Haitao for criticizing the Chinese Communist Party's human rights abuses against…
Yaqub Heddi is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In December 2024, authorities sentenced Heddi to 9 years' imprisonment for receiving "illegal religious education" from his…
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…
Mubarak Sani is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In January 2023, authorities arrested Sani for allegedly distributing Tafseer-e-Sagheer, an Ahmadiyya exegesis of the Qur'an, in…
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…