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Salma al-Shehab was imprisoned for her women's rights activism opposing state-imposed religious systems as well as her religious identity.
On January 15, 2021, authorities arrested al-…
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…
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…
Hengameh Alipour was detained for their religious belief and activity.
On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Alipour, in Mazandaran province under unclear…
Negar Darabi was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Darabi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…
Golbon Fallah was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Fallah, in Mazandaran province under unclear…
Mahsa Fathi was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Fathi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…
Nazanin Goli was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Goli, in Mazandaran province under unclear…
Samiyeh Gholinejad was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Gholinejad, in Mazandaran province under unclear…
Bita Haghighi was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Haghighi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…
Sanaz Hekmat-Shoar was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Hekmat-Shoar, in Mazandaran province under…
Afnaneh Nematian was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Nematian, in Mazandaran province under unclear…
Elham Choubdar is imprisoned for her LGBTI+ identity through religious motivated grounds.
On an unspecified date around late 2021, authorities arrested Choubdar in relation to her real or…
Zhila Shahriari is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In August/September 2016, authorities arrested Shahriari reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.
In…
Fariba Ashtari was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On December 2, 2019, authorities arrested Ashtari from her home reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.
In…
Mahsa Amini was detained and died in state custody in relation to state-imposed religious dress.
In September 2022, police tasked with enforcing public morals in Tehran arrested Amini for…
Malihe Nazari was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 30, 2020, authorities arrested Nazari following raids targeting house-churches across several cities…
Elena Nikulina is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 2, 2021, authorities charge Nikulina with “recruiting…a person in the activities of an…
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…
Atash Shahkarami was detained for speaking out about the disappearance and murder of an anti-hijab protester.
On October 2, 2022, security forces arrested Shahkarami after she spoke with…
Aida Rasti was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On September 28, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Rasti from her home in relation to her being Baha'i. She was…
Tatyana Ponomaryov was disappeared for her religious beliefs and activity.
On September 21, 2022, armed men in military uniform abducted Ponomaryov and her husband, a Baptist pastor, from…
Niloofar Hamedi was imprisoned for reporting on religious freedom conditions.
On September 22, 2022, authorities raided the home of Hamedi and arrested her in relation to her…
Lubov Galitsina is under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
On August 16, 2022, authorities in Novocherkassk arrested Galitsina after she was summoned for…
Parisa Roohi Zadegan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In 2016, authorities arrested Zadegan reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.
On an unspecified date,…
Lyudmila Shchekoldina was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On May 23, 2022, the Pavlovsky District Court of Krasnodar sentenced Shchekoldina to four years and one month…
Mariya Karpova was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
On June 1, 2019, authorities detained several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Karpova, following…
Leysan Bochkareva was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
On January 19, 2020, authorities in Kazan detained Bochkareva after searching the homes of several…
Tatyana Obizhestvit was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
On January 19, 2020, authorities in Kazan detained Obizhestvit after searching the homes of several…
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…
Armaghan Zabihi was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On September 24, 2022, authorities in Tehran arrested Zabihi and her partner Arash Zamani from their home…
Shaghayegh Bahrami was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On October 24, 2022, authorities in Kerman detained Bahrami and Shayan Gholami reportedly in…
Dzumkar is detained for her adherence to a religious figure.
On June 23, 2022, security officials in Amdo (Anduo) county, Nagchu (Naqu) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region,…
Yudron is detained for her adherence to a religious figure.
On July 11, 2022, police in Amdo (Anduo) county, Nagchu (Naqu) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, detained Yudron in…
Leili Karami was detained for her religious belief and activity.
October 26, 2022, authorities in Shiraz detained Karami from her home reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.…
Zhou Jinxia is detained for her religious activity.
On February 20, 2022, authorities detained Zhou, a member of the Beijing Aiqi house church, as she preached in front of the…
Li Zihu was detained for their religious belief and activity.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu…
Ding Shuqi was detained for their religious belief and activity.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu municipality, Sichuan province, detained…
Liu Yingxu is detained for their religious belief and activity.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu municipality, Sichuan province,…
Yang Rongli is detained for her religious activity.
On August 7, 2021, authorities in Linfen municipality, Shanxi province, detained Yang and her husband Wang Xiaoguang, who…
Elaheh Mohammadi was imprisoned for reporting on religious freedom conditions.
On September 29, 2022, authorities arrested Mohammadi in relation to her reporting on the funeral of Mahsa…
Parwa Behdad was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On November 14, 2022, authorities in Isfahan arrested Behdad from her home reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.…
Faezeh Abdipour was detained in relation to her religious association and activity.
On November 22, 2022, authorities arrested Abdipour in Gorgan under unclear circumstances. Her…
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…
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…
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…
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 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,…
Sanaz Tafazoli is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 22, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Tafazoli in Mashhad in relation to her being Baha'i.
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Nasim Kashani Nejad was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 21, 2022, authorities in Shiraz took into custody Nejad and sent her to Adel-Abad Prison to…
Natalya Sharapova is detained for her religious belief and activity.
On October 6, 2022, authorities in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Territory, arrested Sharapova following searches on the homes…
Rooha Imani was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2022, authorities in Kerman reportedly arrested Imani reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.…
Firoozeh Soltan Mohammadi was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2022, authorities in Kerman reportedly arrested Mohammadi reportedly in relation to her…
Farzaneh Gharehassanlou is imprisoned on religiously oriented charges for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 4, 2022, authorities in Karaj arrested …
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…
Mona Ghodrat was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On December 19, 2022, authorities in Yazd reportedly arrested Ghodrat in relation to her being Baha'i.…
Nakisa Hajipour is detained for her religious belief and activity.
On January 1, 2023, authorities at Hasheminejad Airport in Mashhad reportedly arrested Hajipour in relation to…
Anahita Khademi was detained for practicing her religion as a convert.
On January 3, 2023, authorities in Bandar Anzali reportedly arrested Khademi after summoning her. She was…
Maryam Nematollahi is imprisoned for opposing state-mandated religious veiling.
On October 13, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Nematollahi, an Instagram influencer and…
Reyhaneh Pakzad was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
In January 2023, authorities in Zahedan reportedly arrested Pakzad for being Baha'i and supporting…
Ghazal Pakzad was detained in relation to her religious belief.
In January 2023, authorities in Zahedan reportedly arrested Pakzad for being Baha'i and supporting nationwide protests…
Mahsa Mohammadi is detained for blasphemy.
On October 30, 2022, authorities reportedly detained Mohammadi, a university student in Sabzevar, over a tweet perceived as blasphemous.…
Kamile Wayit is detained in relation to her ethnoreligious identity and her brother's human rights work.
On December 12, 2022, authorities in Atush (Atushi) city, Kizilsu (Kezilesu) Kyrgyz…
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…
Sara Mottaghi is detained for blasphemy.
On January 15, 2023, Iranian authorities raided the home of Mattaghi, a poet, for writing about an ancient Iranian day celebrating women. After…
Fu Juan is detained for her religious activity.
On August 17, 2022, police arrested Fu and two other members of the unregistered house church Church of Abundance in Xi’an city,…
Hua Xiuxia was detained for her religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities in Fugong county, Nujiang, Yunnan province, reportedly detained five individuals, including Hua after…
Dong Mengru was detained for her religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities in Fugong county, Nujiang, Yunnan province, reportedly detained five individuals, including Dong…
Kishta Tutinova was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
On February 28, 2023, authorities in Elista detained Tutinova after searching her home and confiscating a…
Nahaleh Shahidi is detained on a religious basis.
On March 28, 2023, security forces arrested Shahidi, a Baha’i citizen and child rights activist, while she was traveling from Karaj…
Olga Panyuta is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Panyuta after searching the homes of several Jehovah…
Manahel al-Otaibi is imprisoned for her religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2022, Saudi authorities arrested al-Otaibi, an online fitness influencer, for opposing religiously grounded…
Shahdokht Khanjani was detained in relation to her religious belief or activity.
On May 29, 2023, authorities arrested Khanjani at her residence in Samnan in relation to her being a Baha'i.…
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,…