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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…
Nazila Nouri was imprisoned for her religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Nouri following a violent crackdown on…
Shokoufeh Yadollahi Farsi was imprisoned for her religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Farsi following a…
Mahrokh Ghanbari was imprisoned for practicing her religion as a convert.
In July 2019, authorities reportedly arrested Ghanbari. She was later released on bail. She was reportedly…
Fatemeh Bakhtari was imprisoned for practicing her religion as a convert.
In May 2017, authorities arrested Bakhtari and her husband, Zaman Fadaei, under unclear circumstances.…
Israa al-Ghomgham is imprisoned for her religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In December 2015, Saudi authorities arrested al-Ghomgham, a well-known Shi'a activist, along with…
Sakineh Behjati is imprisoned for practicing her faith as a convert.
On May 14, 2020, authorities took Behjati, a member of the Church of Iran, into custody after being unable to pay…
Gulfisha Fatima was detained for her religious freedom advocacy.
On April 9, 2020, authorities arrested Fatima, a Muslim student activist, under first information…
Natasha Narwal was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On May 23, 2020, authorities arrested Narwal, a Hindu student activist, after accusing…
Devangana Kalita was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On May 23, 2020, authorities arrested Kalita, a Hindu student activist, after accusing…
Ishrat Jehan was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On February 26, 2020, authorities arrested Jehan, a former councilor, after accusing her…
Safoora Zargar was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On April 10, 2020, authorities arrested Zargar, a Muslim student activist and roughly three months pregnant at…
Fariba Dalir was imprisoned for practicing her religion as a convert.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Dalir and five other converts from Islam to Christianity, including her at the time…
Phagpa is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In November 2012, security officials detained Phagpa, reportedly for having conversations in favor of…
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…
Sara Ahmadi was imprisoned for practicing her religion as a convert.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Ahmadi and her husband, Homayoun Zhaveh, as they were on vacation with…
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…
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…
Farzaneh Gharehassanlou is imprisoned on religiously oriented charges for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 4, 2022, authorities in Karaj arrested …
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…
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…
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…