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Fatemeh Sepehri is imprisoned for criticizing state-imposed religious policies.
On September 21, 2022, security forces arrested Sepehri following the outbreak of nationwide…
Nathasha Edirisooriya was detained for blasphemy.
On May 27, 2023, police arrested and detained Edirisooriya after receiving a complaint that she made jokes insulting to Buddhism and…
Zhang Yibo is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On October 9, 2021, authorities arrested Zhang in relation to her Falun Gong activities. She was brought to the Changing PSB Detention…
Yekta Fallah was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On July 12, 2023, authorities in Kerman arrested five Baha'is, including Fallah, at the residence of Shahram…
Paridokht Shojaei was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On July 12, 2023, authorities in Kerman arrested five Baha'is, including Shojaei, at the residence of…
Shiva Kashani-Nejad was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On July 19, 2023, security forces from Ministry of Intelligence reportedly arrested Kashani-Nejad from…
Mojgan Samimi was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On July 19, 2023, security forces from Ministry of Intelligence reportedly arrested Samimi from her home in…
Shadi Shahidzadeh is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Shahidzadeh at her home in Tehran reportedly in relation to her being Baha'…
Sabin Yazdani is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces reportedly raided Yazdani's home in Karaj.
In February 2023, it was reported…
Mahsa Tirgar Bahnemiri is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Bahnemiri to two…
Rameleh Tirgarnejad is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces reportedly raided Tirgarnejad's home in Karaj.
In February 2023, it…
Elham Shareghi Arani is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Arani to three years…
Nakisa Sadeghi is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces reportedly raided Sadeghi's home in Karaj.
In February 2023, it was…
Sadaf Sheikhzadeh is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Sheikhzadeh to two…
Shahrzad Mastouri is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Mastouri to two…
Negin Rezaie is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Rezaie to two years and…
Maria Khanjani was detained or her religious association.
On August 13, 2023, security forces apprehended Khanjani and her father Jamaloddin Khanjani and took them to…
Niusha Badiei Sabet was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 15, 2023, authorities in Babol, Mazandaran province, arrested Sabet and Suzan Eid Mohammadzadegan at…
Suzan Eid Mohammadzadegan was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 15, 2023, authorities in Babol, Mazandaran province, arrested Mohammadzadegan and Niusha…
Anisa Fanaian was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 21, 2023, security forces arrested Fanaian at her home in Semnan City. Authorities reportedly conducted…
Shabnam Tebianian was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On August 21, 2023, security forces arrested Tebianian in Semnan City. Authorities reportedly conducted a thorough…
Tigist Tekle is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In December 2022, authorities arrested Tekle for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a…
Kdisti Tesfamichael is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2022, authorities arrested Tesfamichael and her husband for refusing to give money to the national…
Yanet Yonas is detained for her religious belief.
In December 2022, authorities found and arrested Yonas, a Jehovah's Witness who had gone into hiding during a military…
Adela Tercero was detained in relation to a crackdown on religious institutions.
On August 19, 2023, police detained Tercero, who was a student leader at the Jesuit Central American…
Gabriela Morales was detained in relation to a crackdown on religious institutions.
On August 19, 2023, police detained Morales, who was a student at the Jesuit Juan Pablo II University.…
Rahile Dawut is detained for her ethnoreligious identity and scholarship.
In December 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Dawut, Uyghur…
Nasrin Soutudeh was detained for her religious freedom advocacy.
In October 2023, Iranian authorities arrested Soutudeh, an Iranian human rights activist and lawyer, as she…
Nourah al-Qahtani is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2021, officers of the Presidency of State Security arrested al-Qahtani for advocating for human rights on social…
Wangchug Tso is detained for her adherence to a religious figure.
On October 26, 2023, authorities in Dola (Qilian) county, Tsojang (Haibei) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province…
Semkyi Drolma is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In October 2023, police in Damshung (Dangxiong) county, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, detained Drolma for…
Tsomo is detained for her religious activity.
On November 23, 2023, authorities in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained…
Nyidron is detained for her religious activity.
On November 23, 2023, authorities in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained…
Oksana Chausova is under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2023, authorities in Kursk detained Chausova after searching the homes of several…
Sonam Gyatso is detained for their religious activity.
On December 18, 2022, security officials in Rikaze (Shigatse) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained three Tibetans,…
Gonkyab is detained for their religious activity.
On December 18, 2022, security officials in Rikaze (Shigatse) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained three Tibetans,…
Marina Chaplykina is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On December 18, 2023, the Novosibirsk District Court sentenced Chaplykina to four years in prison for “…
Liu Xing is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2022, authorities in Daxing district, Beijing municipality, detained at least 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including …
Liu Yuhong is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2022, authorities in Daxing district, Beijing municipality, detained at least 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including …
Wu Aping is detained for her religious activity.
In July 2022, authorities in Xuanwu district, Nanjing municipality, Jiangsu province, detained Wu after raiding Xuanzang Temple. The…
Li Fangfang is detained for her religious activity.
On August 3, 2022, authorities from Tiexi district, Shenyang municipality, Liaoning province, detained Li for passing out Falun Gong…
Pan Hongming is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On August 11, 2022, authorities in Erdaojiang district, Tonghua municipality, Jilin province, detained four individuals,…
Gelo is detained for their religious activity.
On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained five…
Tsedo is detained for their religious activity.
On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained five…
Kori is detained for their religious activity.
On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained five…
Bamo is imprisoned for their religious activity.
On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained…
María Verónica Herrera Galeano was imprisoned for her association with a religious organization.
In 2023, Nicaraguan authorities detained Galeano, a former employee of the Catholic charity…
Freydell Andino was imprisoned for their association with a religious organization.
In 2023, Nicaraguan authorities detained Andino, a former employee of the Catholic charity Caritas in…
Mariví Andino was imprisoned for their association with a religious organization.
In 2023, Nicaraguan authorities detained Andino, a former employee of the Catholic charity Caritas in the…
Mariam Al Qisoom is imprisoned for her religious freedom advocacy.
In February 2019, authorities arrested Qisoom for her human rights advocacy on behalf of Shi'a minorities in…
María Asunción Salgado is detained for her religious activity and association.
On October 7, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Salgado, along with Father Yesner Cipriano Pineda…
Evelyn Guillén is detained for her religious expression and religious freedom advocacy
On August 5, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Guillén after she allegedly displayed a poster…
Zhai Xinping is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 12, 2022, police arrested Zhai Xinping in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic…
Yang Weihong is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 12, 2022, police arrested Yang Weihong in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic…
Zhao Guiqin is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 12, 2022, police arrested Zhao Guiqin in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic…
Du Meiling is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 12, 2022, police arrested Du Meiling in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic religious…
Mina Karami is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In September 2022, Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court convicted Karami, an Iranian Baha'i, on charges related to "…
Noushin Mesbah is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2023, Branch 1 of the Mashhad Revolution Court sentenced Mesbah to one year in prison on charges of "…
Marisela de Fátima Mejía Ruiz was imprisoned for her religious affiliation and religious leadership role.
In December 2023, Nicaraguan police arrested Ruiz, a pastor with the Puerta…
Lina Lutfiawati is imprisoned for her religious expression.
In May 2023, police charged Lutfiawati with "disseminating information aimed at inflicting hatred or dissension on individuals and…
Neda Fotouhi is imprisoned for her membership in a religious organization and activism.
In October 2023, Iranian security forces arrested Fotouhi, an Iranian follower of Erfan-e-Halgheh,…
Maricarmen Espinosa Segura is imprisoned for her association with Puerta de la Montaña Ministry.
In December 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Espinosa, an attorney providing…
Carmen María Sáenz Martínez is under house arrest for her religious affiliation.
On August 10, 2024, authorities arrested Martínez, who worked at the Diocese of Matagalpa on marriage…
Lesbia Gutiérrez is under house arrest for her religious association.
On August 10, 2024, authorities arrested Gutiérrez, the former coordinator of the Urban and Rural Financial Support…
Mojdeh Falahi is detained for her religious belief.
In September 2024, Iranian security authorities arrested Falahi, a Christian convert, in Shiraz. Falahi reportedly went to the Shiraz…
Narges Nasri was detained for her religious conversion.
In November 2024, Iranian intelligence authorities detained Nasri after raiding her Tehran home, during which they confiscated…
Cai Yingge is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Cai amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…
Chen Aishe is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Chen amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…
Deng Lihua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Deng amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…
Ge Qin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Ge amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God members.…
Hu Jinfeng is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 23, 2022, authorities from Shandong Province’s Qixia City Public Security Bureau detained Hu in connection with her…
Wu Shirong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 16, 2022, authorities in Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province detained Wu for her religious activities with the Church of…
Wu Xiangzhen is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province detained Wu amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…
Xie Chunhua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, detained Xie because of her religious activities with the…
Yu Xiuxiang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 23, 2022, authorities from Shandong Province’s Qixia City Public Security Bureau detained Yu in connection with her…
Zhang Fangfang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, detained Zhang amid mass arrests of Church of Almighty God…
Zhang Hongxia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 23, 2022, authorities from Shandong Province’s Qixia City Public Security Bureau detained Zhang in connection…
Zhu Xingxiu is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, detained Zhu because of her religious activities with the…
Letebrhan Tesfay is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, police officers arrested 85-year-old Letebrhan Tesfay while raiding her home as she hosted a peaceful…
Sidon Tekeste is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2024, authorities arrested Tekeste at school for respectfully refusing to contribute to a political fund.…
Berekti Habte is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, police officers arrested Habte while she attended a peaceful religious gathering. Authorities confined her in…
Natalia Minenkova is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In May 2024, Russian authorities arrested Minenkova for organizing Falun Gong activities, including identifying new members…
Seylihan Rozi is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In early 2017, she was detained for teaching verses from the Quran to her two sons and a neighbor.
In late 2018,…
Zahra Gholami is imprisoned for her religious conversion and activity.
In December 2023, several dozen Iranian intelligence agents raided Gholami's house church in Shahriar and…
Aida Najaflou is imprisoned for her religious conversion and activity.
In February 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Aida, a Christian convert, along with four other Christians for…
Ratu Thalisa is imprisoned for their religious expression.
On October 8, 2025, Indonesian authorities arrested Thalisa for making comments about Jesus's appearance that were deemed…
Maria Shahbaz was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
On July 26, 2025,13-year-old Shahbaz was abducted by a 30-year-old man near her home, forcibly converted to Islam, and…
Nayereh Arjaneh is imprisoned for her religious conversion and activity.
On July 7, 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Arjaneh and her husband at their home for attending a Christian seminar…
Hu Yanzi is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Hu in Jinhua along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Wei Yunfei is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wei in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Li Shengjuan is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Li in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with…