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Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee is imprisoned for her activism and criticism of state-endorsed religious interpretations.
On September 26, 2022, authorities arrested Iraee from her home in…
Zheng Shihong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 17, 2016, the police in Weifang city, Shandong province, detained Zheng reportedly in relation to her…
Liu Shuhua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On September 29, 2017, authorities detained Liu while discussing church work at a fellow church member's home in Daying…
Wang Hongyu was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Wang for talking to people about Falun Gong. Police reportedly searched her home, confiscating…
He Wen was under house arrest for expressing views about her religion.
In July 2018, He was arrested after shouting religious views while at Tiananmen Square. Police reportedly…
Feng Peirong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In December 2018, authorities arrested Feng, a teacher, after being accusing her of promoting Falun Gong in her classroom…
Deng Huizhong was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In May 2019, authorities arrested Deng after she talked to people about Falun Gong.
In December 2019, Deng was…
Wen Yan was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On April 3, 2018, authorities arrested Wen while she was hanging Falun Gong-related banners.
In late 2019, Wen…
Gao Yinhua was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On April 16, 2018, police in Nanchang County, Nanchang Municipality, Jiangxi Province, detained Gao and five other…
Chen Wen is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On April 16, 2018, police in Nanchang County, Nanchang Municipality, Jiangxi Province, detained Chen and five other…
Cao Genxiu is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On April 16, 2018, police in Nanchang County, Nanchang Municipality, Jiangxi Province, detained Cao and five other…
Chen Yulian is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On April 16, 2018, police in Nanchang County, Nanchang Municipality, Jiangxi Province, detained Chen and five other…
Jiang Liyu was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In May 2017, authorities arrested Jiang for putting up flyers about Falun Gong.
In July 2018, the Shijingshan District…
Yu Shourong was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Yu for talking to people about Falun Gong in public and distributing Falun Gong-related…
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…
Liu Wenhuan was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In August 2019, authorities arrested Liu for talking with people about Falun Gong.
On an unspecified date, Liu was later…
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…
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…
Huang Xiangling was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In November 2018, authorities arrested Huang after accusing her of covering up posters criticizing Falun Gong.
In…
Zhong Yifang is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In November 2019, police arrested Zhong for talking to people about Falun Gong.
In October 2020, Zhong was reportedly…
Li Chunhui is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Li after reportedly talking to police about the arrest of a Falun Gong practitioner.…
Zhao Shuqing was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In 2018, authorities arrested Zhao after accusing her of talking to people about Falun Gong. She was reportedly released due…
Zhang Chuanwen was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 21, 2018, authorities detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Zhang, after they had allegedly shared information…
Xu Junying was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 21, 2018, authorities detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Xu, after they had allegedly shared information about…
Yang Xiufang was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 21, 2018, authorities detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Yang, after they had allegedly shared information…
Wang Haichao was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 21, 2018, authorities detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Wang, after they had allegedly shared information…
Aisha al-Muhajiri is detained for her religious activity.
In February 2021, police raided al-Muhajiri's home in Mecca and detained her for preaching and giving Qur'an lessons at her home.…
Tang Jianqun is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 22, 2017, authorities from Jieyang municipality, Guangdong province, arrested Tang alongside four other Falun…
Chunmei Wang was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 27, 2020, Kaiyuan City police arrested Wang, a retiree from Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province who worked at the Honghe…
Rahele Ahmadi was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
On July 10, 2019, authorities arrested Ahmadi, an activist against compulsory hijab,…
Yasaman Ariani was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Ariani for protesting compulsory hijab after she was…
Saba Kord Afshari was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Afshari for protesting compulsory hijab after a…
Monireh Arabshahi was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Arabshahi for protesting compulsory hijab by…
Asmaa al-Subaie is detained for her women’s rights activism critical of state-imposed religious systems.
In June 2021, authorities affiliated with the Presidency of State Security arrested…
Soori Babaei Chegini was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On July 13, 2022, authorities arrested Chegini from her brother's home in Qazvin after she posted a…
Melika Qaragozlu was detained in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On July 13, 2022, authorities arrested Qaragozlu, a student activist, reportedly after she…
Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani was imprisoned for her human rights work in support of the LGBTQI+ community.
On October 27, 2021, authorities detained Sedighi-Hamadani in Urumieh,…
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-…
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…
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…
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…
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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Maryam Nematollahi is imprisoned for opposing state-mandated religious veiling.
On October 13, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Nematollahi, an Instagram influencer and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Pan Hongming is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On August 11, 2022, authorities in Erdaojiang district, Tonghua municipality, Jilin province, detained four individuals,…
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,…