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Zhu Mingli is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Zhu in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…

Wu Qiuyu is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wu in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…

Zhan Ge is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Zhan in Jiaxing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…

An Mei is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested An in Beihai, Guangxi along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with…

Cui Xiaole is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Cui in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…

Wang Zhong is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wang in Shanghai along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with…

Wang Cong is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wang in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…

Huang Chunzi was detained for her religious belief and association. 

In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Huang in Beihai, Guangxi along with dozens of other Christians…

Yang Lijun was detained for her religious belief and association. 

In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Yang in Beihai, Guangxi, along with dozens of other Christians…

Huhe Tuya was detained for her religious belief and association. 

In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Huhe in Beihai, Guangxi, along with dozens of other Christians affiliated…

Parvin Ghadiani is detained for her religious conversion and activity. 

In January 2024, Iranian security forces arrested Ghadiani, a Christian convert from Islam, for "proselytizing…

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.…

Yan Xiaojing is imprisoned for her religious activity and association. 

In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Yan and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…

Liu Rongxi is imprisoned for her religious activity and association. 

In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Liu and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…

Zhang Dazhun is imprisoned for her religious activity and association. 

In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Zhang and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…

Pei Xiaoling is imprisoned for her religious activity and association. 

In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Pei and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…

Liu Hongyan is imprisoned for her religious activity and association. 

In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Liu and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…

Qu Yancui is imprisoned for her religious activity and association. 

In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Qu and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…

Lu Ying is imprisoned for her religious activity and association. 

In April 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Lu and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…

Yu Ping is imprisoned for her religious activity and association. 

In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Yu and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…

Parva Behdad is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In November 2022, Iranian security forces arrested Behdad at her home for managing a social media channel associated with the…

Obiageri Ottih is detained for her religious activity. 

In January 2026, Nigerian "Tiger Base" unit police officers arrested Ottih after some of her family members accused her and her…

Alina Khalid was subjected to forced renunciation of faith. 

In June 2024, 14-year-old Khalid, a Christian girl from Islamabad, was abducted from her home by a neighbor. She was later…

Jessica Iqbal was subjected to forced renunciation of faith. 

In April 2025, Iqbal, a Christian girl from Lahore, was abducted from her home by a neighbor. Her father subsequently filed…

Kajol Meghwar was subjected to forced renunciation of faith. 

In December 2024, 15-year-old Meghwar, a Hindu girl from Mirpurkhas Disctrict in Sindh Province, was abducted at gunpoint…

Saneha Meghwar was subjected to forced renunciation of faith. 

In May 2025, 15-year-old Megwhar, a Hindu girl from Rohri Taluka, Sukkur District, was abducted at gunpoint by three armed…

Radha Bheel was subjected to forced renunciation of faith. 

In April 2025, 14-year-old Radha Bheel, a Hindu girl from Hyderabad, was abducted at gunpoint from her home by three men.…

Najo Kohli was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.

In February 2025, 13-year-old Kohli, a Hindu girl from Umerkot District, was abducted from her home at midnight by four armed men…

Sheyda Rouhani is detained for her religious belief. 

In May 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Rouhani and confiscated her personal belongings, including her Baháʼí religious…

Sheydeh Tavakoli is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In May 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Tavakoli along with two other Baháʼí women and took her to an…

Sheila Tavakoli is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In May 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Tavakoli along with two other Baháʼí women and took her to an…

Pang Yu is detained for her religious activity and association. 

In September 2025, authorities arrested Pang, the wife of Gao Quanfu, pastor of Light of Zion Church, and accused her of…

Victim NP-0005 is detained for her religious activity. 

In 2004, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0005 for having contact with a religious person and saying the word "…

Victim NP-0022 is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In 2011, Ministry of State Security officials arrested NP-0022 in Nampo, South Pyongan Province, and sentenced her to prison at…

Victim NP-0066 is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In 2019, Ministry of People's Security officials detained NP-0066, a shamanistic practitioner, for her religious activities.…

Gu Hui is detained for his religious belief and association. 

In June 2025, authorities detained Gu Hui and four others for their involvement in the banned Full Scope Church movement.…

Liu Xueyun is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In June 2025, authorities detained Liu Xiangchao and four others for their involvement in the banned Full Scope Church…

Xin Ruoyu is detained for her religious activity. 

In or around July 2024, authorities detained Xin for developing an app that gives users access to Christian hymns and devotional…

Ghazal Marzban is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

In January 2026, authorities arrested Ghazal Marzban, a Catholic Christian convert, at her home in Tehran.…

Mahsa Sotoudeh is detained for her religious belief. 

In spring 2026, agents of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested Sotoudeh along with her…

Mandana Sotoudeh is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In spring 2026, agents of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested…

Romina Khazali is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In spring 2026, intelligence authorities arrested Khazali along with her husband and another Baha'i family in their…

Hao Zhiwei is imprisoned for her religious activity and leadership role. 

In July 2019, authorities detained Hao Zhiwei, pastor of Egangqiao Church, for collecting tithes and offerings…

Mary Mohammadi is forcibly disappeared for her religious belief. 

In February 2026, Iranian Ministry of Intelligence authorities disappeared Mohammadi, a Christian convert and human…

Tigisti Tsehaye is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Tsehaye and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…

Hideat Gebrehiwet is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Gebrehiwet and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful…

Selam Tsehaye is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Tsehaye and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…

Hiwet Isak is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Isak and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…

Okba Amare is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Amare and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…

Tsige Ghebremedhin is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Ghebremedhin and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful…

Almaz Gebrehiwot is detained for her religious belief and activity. 

In November 2024, authorities detained Gebrehiwot for refusing to join or contribute financially to the ruling…

Elen Goitom is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Goitom and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…

Hadassa Zerisenay is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Zerisenay and 16 other Jehovah's Witnesses during a peaceful religious meeting in a…

Almaz Gebrehiwot is detained for her religious belief and activity.

In November 2024, authorities detained Gebrehiwot for refusing to join or contribute financially to the ruling political…

Selam Tewelde is detained for her religious belief and activity. 

In January 2024, authorities arrested Tewelde for refusing to financially support political movements as a Jehovah's…

Saba Tekle is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Tekle and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…

Aysulu Tastaybekova is detained for her religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Tastaybekova, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused her of organizing…

Tatyana Dodolina is detained for her religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Dodolina, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused her of organizing activities…

Yana Abramova is detained for her religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Abramova, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused her of organizing activities of…

Genet Zeray is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Zeray and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…

Okba Dawit is detained for her religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Dawit and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…

Victim NP-0238 is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In 2009, North Korean officials arrested NP-0238 after China refouled her for meeting with Christians to study Christianity.…

Victim NP-0279 is detained for her religious activity. 

In 2004, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0279, a minor at the time, along with 18 other victims, for her…

Victim NP-0304 is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In 2019, Ministry of People's Security officials arrested NP-0304 for practicing shamanism and forced her into confession at a…

Victim NP-0149 is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In 2018, North Korean officials arrested NP-0149 for engaging in shamanistic practices and confined her in Sinuiju City MPS…

Victim NP-0076 is detained for her religious conversion and activity. 

In 2014, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0076, confined her at Musan County MSS Detention Center…

Victim NP-0115 is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In 2010, Ministry of People's Security officials imprisoned NP-0115 at Chongori Re-education Camp No. 12 for reciting the…

Victim NP-0374 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association. 

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0374, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled…

Victoria Brazhnik is detained for her religious activity. 

In 2025, authorities charged Brazhnik with financing "an organization designated as undesirable" (Art. 284.1 RCC) due to her…

Nadezhda Ukhova is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In October 2023, authorities detained Ukhova, a parishioner of the banned Vozrozhenie ("Revival") Church, for her involvement…

Valeriya Yantsen is detained for her religious belief and activity. 

In June 2026, authorities detained Yantsen and 4 other members of the banned True and Free Reform Seventh-day…

Olga Selova is detained for her religious belief and activity. 

In June 2026, authorities detained Selova and 4 other members of the banned True and Free Reform Seventh-day Adventist…

Victim NP-0375 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association. 

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0375, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled…

Victim NP-0378 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0378, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0376 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0376, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0379 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0379, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0377 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0377, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0383 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0383, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0380 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0380, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0381 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0381, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0382 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0382, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0384 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0384, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0385 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0385, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0386 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0386, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0387 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0387, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0388 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0388, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0389 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0389, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0390 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0390, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0391 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0391, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0393 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0393, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0394 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0394, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0395 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0395, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0396 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0396, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0397 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0397, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0398 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0398, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0399 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0399, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Victim NP-0392 is imprisoned for their religious activity and association.

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0392, along with 29 other North Koreans, after they were refouled from…

Esma Nimetulayeva is detained for her religious belief and association. 

In October 2025, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea raided Nimetulayeva's home at 4 am, searched for…

Victim NP-0401 is detained for her religious activity. 

In 2004, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0401, along with 18 other victims, for her involvement with an…

Victim NP-0402 is detained for her religious activity. 

In 2004, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0402, along with 18 other victims, for her involvement with an…