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Isaac Mogos was detained for his religious belief.
On September 17, 1994, authorities arrested Mogos for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
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Negede Teklemariam was detained for his religious belief.
On September 17, 1994, authorities arrested Teklemariam for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military…
Paulos Eyasu was detained for his religious belief.
On September 17, 1994, authorities arrested Eyasu for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
On…
Gulmira Imin is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity and protesting against Uyghur treatment.
On July 14, 2009, Imin, web administrator for the Uighur-language website Salkin, was…
Raif Badawi was imprisoned for his religious freedom advoacy, expression about religion, and for criticizing religious authorities.
In June 2012, authorities arrested Badawi, a…
Ivan Matsitsky was detained for his religious activity and religious leadership role.
In June 2017, authorities detained Matsitsky, the director of the Church of Scientology in St.…
Bahram Hemdemov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 14, 2015, authorities arrested Hemdemov following a raid on his home coinciding with a large worship meeting he was…
Vyacheslav Boronos was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On February 15, 2019, authorities arrested Boronos after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in …
Yevgeniy Fedin was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On February 15, 2019, authorities detained Fedin after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut,…
Saveliy Gargalyk was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On February 15, 2019, authorities briefly detained Gargalyk after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in…
Yevgeniy Kayryak was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On February 15, 2019, authorities arrested Kayryak after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in…
Artem Kim was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On February 15, 2019, authorities briefly detained Kim after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut,…
Majid Kashan was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On November 18, 2017, authorities arrested Kashan at a house-church. Kashan is believed to have been originally…
Shahnam Jazbani was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 17, 2012, authorities arrested Jazbani and several other Bahá’ís of Gorgan and the surrounding areas of…
Abbas Dehghan was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Dehghan, an administrator for the website…
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…
Mohammad bin Hassan al-Habib is imprisoned for his religious expression, leadership role, and religious freedom advocacy.
In July 2016, authorities detained al-Habib, a Shi'a cleric, as he…
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…
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…
Mo Xiufeng is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 2, 2017, plainclothes police officers from Lishui city, Zhejiang province, detained Mo after raiding her home…
Wang Lingjie is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 23, 2017, authorities detained Wang while she was at the home of another church member. Police…
Zhou Hualan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 23, 2017, police detained Zhou reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs and activity. Police also…
Cai Ruhua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 23, 2017, authorities detained Cai, a member of the Church of Almighty God, in relation to her religious activities…
Wang Ruiling is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
August 31, 2017, officers from the Xuzhou City Pei County Public Security Bureau and the Zizhuang Town Police…
Xu Yanping is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 29, 2018, officers from the Poyang County Public Security Bureau of Shangrao city detained Xu reportedly in relation…
Dong Qihong is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 16, 2013, police officers with Huai’an Public Security Bureau Huaiyin Branch detained Dong in relation to his…
Xu Zhaoling was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 9, 2014, officers from the Public Security Bureau of Wulian county, Rizhao city, Shandong province, detained Xu…
Fang Ronghua was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 30, 2015, authorities detained Fang in Fuzhou City Dongtai city, Jiangsu province, reportedly in…
Wu Binrong was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 18, 2013, officers from the Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau Jiangning Branch detained Wu reportedly…
Javad Khomeis Abadi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Abadi following a violent crackdown…
Khayriddin Dostakov was detained for his alleged religious belief and activity.
On December 29, 2019, authorities arrested Dostakov at the Dushanbe Airport following his return…
Ouyang Qiuping is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2018, officers from the Yining Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang arrested Ouyang reportedly in…
Li Tianhua was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 9, 2015, authorities in Wanzhou district, Chongqing municipality detained Li, a leader of the Church of…
Kianoush Abbaszadeh was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Abbaszadeh following a violent…
Li Anqun was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On February 11, 2014, police arrested Li reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs. She had reportedly been…
Yu Hai is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2017, officers from the National Security Brigade of Chengde City Public Security Bureau detained Yu in the…
Soheil Arabi was detained in relation to nationwide protests against mandatory religious veiling.
On January 2, 2023, authorities in Tehran arrested Arabi from his home under unclear…
Jovidon Bobojonov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
In October 2019, military personnel detained Bobojonov and reportedly tortured him for not…
Gao Shengzhi was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 14, 2015, police from the Taixing Public Security Bureau detained Gao after he came out of a church gathering place…
Yuan Hongfen was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 11, 2014, officers from the Fanlou Town Police Station in Feng county, Xuzhou city, arrested Yuan reportedly…
Hu Xinnü was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On April 27, 2016, police from the Xiqiao Town Police Station in Taixing city detained Hu reportedly in relation to her…
Wang Xiaomei is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 2, 2017, officers from Fuyang district of Hangzhou city detained Wang reportedly in relation to her religious…
Hamid Kamal Mohammad bin Haydara was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 3, 2013, authorities linked to the Houthi-run National Security Bureau arrested…
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…
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.…
Nadeem Samson was detained for blasphemy.
On November 24, 2017, authorities arrested Samson after he was accused of committing blasphemy on Facebook following a property dispute. …
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…
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.…
Wang Shan was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On September 7, 2016, officers from the Gulou District National Security Brigade in Xuzhou and Jiuli District Police Station…
Chen Xiaoying was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 20, 2014, authorities detained Chen for allegedly organizing religious assemblies and being in possession…
Ge Xianghua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On September 11, 2018, police detained Ge reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs. Ge was reportedly tortured while…
Gao Xiuhong was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 25, 2014, police detained Gao while she was attending a religious service. Gao was reportedly tortured while…
Lu Huan was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On September 18, 2014, police detained Lu at her home reportedly in relation to her religious belief. Lu was reportedly tortured…
Yan Shihua was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 27, 2014, authorities detained Yan in Yaohai District, Hefei City, Anhui Province, reportedly in relation to his…
Xiao Shunyuan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 24, 2017, police detained Xiao in Suzhou district, Jiuquan city, Gansu province, reportedly in relation to…
Cao Jutao is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On September 25, 2018, plainclothes officers from the Duchang County National Security Brigade detained Cao in relation to…
Li Gang was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 19, 2017, officers from the Changji City Public Security Bureau detained Li reportedly for attending a religious…
A Dao was imprisoned for his religious activity and religious freedom advocacy.
On August 18, 2016, authorities arrested Dao, the pastor of the Montagnard Evangelical Church of Christ…
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…
Y Yich was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On May 13, 2013, authorities arrested Yich, a pastor in the Degar Protestant Church, after accusing him of spreading Degar Protestantism, a…
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…
Huma Younus was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In October 2019, a man abducted 14-year-old Younus and forced her to convert to Islam and marry him. Her family subsequently filed…
Y Pum Bya is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 10, 2018, Vietnamese authorities arrested Y Pum Bya, a church leader, after accusing him of spreading false…
Y Min Ksor is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2018, authorities arrested Ksor, a member of the unregistered Good News Missionary Church, during a police raid on a house…
Erbolat Kusmanuly is under house arrest in relation to his ethnoreligious identity.
On October 27, 2017, local authorities in Altay…
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…
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…
Chang Weiping, a lawyer known for defending individuals facing charges for their religious belief and practice, is detained for accusing authorities of torture.
On October 22, 2020, …
Loreto Hernández García is imprisoned for his religious leadership.
On July 16, 2021, Cuban authorities arrested Paseiro, the president of the Free Yoruba Association of Cuba, an independent…
Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo was imprisoned in relation to his religious leadership role.
On July 11, 2021, Rosales Fajardo, pastor and leader of the Monte de Sion Independent Church in…
Libi Marhabi is imprisoned for his religious identity.
In March 2016, Houthi forces arrested Marhabi for allegedly smuggling a Torah out of Yemen.
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…