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Valeriy Moskalenko was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 2, 2018, authorities detained Moskalenko following a raid on his apartment.
On August…
Feliks Makhammadiyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 12, 2018, authorities detained Makhammadiyev following a raid on his home.
On June 21…
Sergey Britvin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 22, 2018, authorities detained Britvin after searing his home.
On December 25/26, 2019, Britvin…
Vadim Levchuk was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 22, 2018, authorities arrested Levchuk. He was subsequently brought to his home to have it searched.
On…
Shamil Sultanov was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On December 9, 2018, authorities arested Sultanov following police raids on Jehovah's Witness homes. He was…
Valentin Osadchuk was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 19, 2018, authorities arrested Osadchuk.
On April 27, 2018, Osadchuk was charged with “…
Aleksey Budenchuk was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 12, 2018, authorities detained Budenchuk following a raid on his home.
On June 21,…
Andrey Garafetanovich Stupnikov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 3, 2018, authorities detained Stupnikov at the Yemelyanovo airport in Krasnoyarsk.
On…
Sergey Klimov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 3, 2018, authorities arrested Klimov and charged him with “organizing the activities of a public or…
Jamaloddin Khanjani was detained for his religious association.
On August 13, 2023, security forces apprehended Khanjani and his daughter Maria Khanjani and took them to Evin…
Hu Shigen was imprisoned in relation to his religious activity and religious leadership role.
On July 10, 2015, Hu, a pro-…
Ivan Matsitsky was detained for his religious activity and religious leadership role.
In June 2017, authorities detained Matsitsky, the director of the Church of Scientology in St.…
Bahram Hemdemov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 14, 2015, authorities arrested Hemdemov following a raid on his home coinciding with a large worship meeting he was…
Kerven Kakabayev was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
In January 2018, authorities arrested Kakabayev.
On January 29, 2018,…
Ikhlosbek Rozmetov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On January 19, 2021, Rozmetov was sentenced to two years in a labor camp for "…
Mekan Annayev was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On June 26, 2018, Annayev was sentenced to two years in a labor camp for "rejecting call-up to…
Veniamin Genjiyev was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On January 19, 2021, Genjiyev was sentenced to two years in a labor camp for "rejecting…
Maksat Jumadurdiyev was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On January 18, 2021, Jumadurdiyev was sentenced to two years in a labor camp for "…
Isa Sayayev was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On August 9, 2018, Sayayev was sentenced to one year in a labor camp for "rejecting call-up to…
Ruslan Artykmuradov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On January 11, 2021, Artykmuradov was sentenced to two years in a labor camp for "…
Sokhbet Agamyradov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On August 27, 2018, Agamyradov was sentenced to one year in a labor camp for "rejecting…
Serdar Atayev was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On August 28, 2018, Atayev was sentenced to one year in a labor camp for "rejecting call-up to…
Gurbangylych Muhammetgulyyev was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On November 28, 2018, Muhammetgulyyev was sentenced to one year in a labor camp…
Azamatjan Narkulyev was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On January 18, 2021, Narkulyev was sentenced to two years in a labor camp for "rejecting…
Eziz Atabayev was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On December 19, 2018, Atabayev was sentenced to two year in a labor camp for "rejecting call-…
Aleksandr Akopov was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On December 12, 2018, authorities arrested Akopov and charged him with “organizing the activities of a…
Alam Aliyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 17, 2018, security officers detained Aliyev after raiding his home. Authorities accused him of holding…
Vladimir Alushkin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 15, 2018, authorities arrested Alushkin following a raid on his apartment.
On January 14…
Vladimir Atrуakhin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 6, 2019, authorities arrested Atrуakhin, a programmer, following a raid on his home. He was…
Konstantin Bazhenov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 12, 2018, authorities detained Bazhenov following a raid on his home.
On June 21, 2018, Bazhenov…
Aleksey Berchuk is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On January 21, 2019, authorities arrested Berchuk at a Moscow airport. The next day, he was formally charged with…
Vyacheslav Boronos was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On February 15, 2019, authorities arrested Boronos after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in …
Yevgeniy Fedin was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On February 15, 2019, authorities detained Fedin after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut,…
Saveliy Gargalyk was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On February 15, 2019, authorities briefly detained Gargalyk after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in…
Dmitriy Golik is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 20, 2018, authorities searched Golik's home in Blagoveshchensk. Authorities placed him on recognizance…
Ilkham Karimov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 27, 2018, authorities arrested Karimov following police raids on several Jehovah's Witness homes. …
Yevgeniy Kayryak was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On February 15, 2019, authorities arrested Kayryak after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in…
Khoren Khachikyan was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 27, 2019, authorities arrested Khachikyan following a raid on his home in Ulyanovsk. …
Maksim Khalturin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 9, 2018, authorities arrested Khalturin after raising his home in Kirov. Authorities…
Artem Kim was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On February 15, 2019, authorities briefly detained Kim after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut,…
Mohammad Roghangir was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
in October 2012, authorities arrested Roghangir, a member of the Church of Iran, after authorities raided a…
Youcef Nadarkhani was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On May 13, 2016, intelligence officials in Rasht…
Sevada Aghasar was imprisoned for his religious activity and being associated with religious converts.
In August 2013, authorities arrested Aghasar at the workplace of a friend in…
Majid Kashan was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On November 18, 2017, authorities arrested Kashan at a house-church. Kashan is believed to have been originally…
Pezhman Shahriari was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 17, 2018, authorities arrested Shahriari in Shiraz under unclear circumstances. He was reportedly denied…
Mahboub Habibi was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 17, 2018, authorities arrested Habibi in Shiraz under unclear circumstances. He was reportedly denied access…
Farzad Homayouni was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 27, 2017, authorities arrested Homayouni and four others in Isfahan under unclear circumstances. He…
Hassan Sarvestani Momtaz was imprisoned for his religious association and for providing religious education.
In the years prior to his arrest, Momtaz, an educator, had been questioned…
Manouchehr Rahmani was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On January 24, 2017, authorities arrested Rahmani in Isfahan under unclear circumstances. He was reportedly…
Sohrab Naghipour was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 27, 2017, authorities arrested Naghipour and four others in Isfahan under unclear circumstances. He…
Saeed Goudarzi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Goudarzi following a violent crackdown…
Heydar Teymouri was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Teymouri following a violent crackdown…
Rasoul Hoveyda was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, Hoveyda was arrested following a violent crackdown on people…
Ardeshir Ashayeri was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Ashayeri following a violent…
Mehdi Keyvanlou was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Keyvanlou following a violent…
Ehsan Malek Mohammadi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, Mohammadi was arrested following a violent crackdown…
Majid Moradi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Moradi following a violent crackdown on…
Amanollah Balochi is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious belief and activity.
On November 19, 2015, authorities arrested Balochi, a Sunni cleric, on his way home from…
Abdolrahim Kouhi is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious belief and activity.
On November 20, 2015, authorities arrested Kouhi, a Sunni cleric, from his home. Kouhi…
Kidane Weldou is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In March 2005, authorities forcibly disappeared Weldou from the streets of Asmara, leaving his car abandoned. Weldou…
Haile Naizghe is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In May 2004, authorities arrested Naizghe, a pastor of the Full Gospel Church, which was part of a network of banned…
Meron Gebreselasie is detained for his religious leadership role.
In June 2004, authorities arrested Gebreselasie, pastor of Massawa Rhema Evangelical Church, for his leadership…
Kiflu Gebremeskel is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In May 2004, Eritrean authorities arrested Gebremeskel, a pastor of the banned Southwest Full Gospel…
Tashi Wangchuk was imprisoned for his religious and ethnic identity.
On January 27, 2016, authorities arrested Tashi, a Tibetan cultural and linguistic rights advocate, in Yushu (Kyegudo)…
Ilgar Aliyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 19/20, 2017, armed forces arrested Aliyev in Izberbash, accusing Aliyev of holding classes…
Komil Odilov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2015, authorities arrested Odilov, an imam, alongside several others in cafe in Novosibirsk. …
Renat Suleimanov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 2, 2017, authorities arrested Suleimanov following a raid on his home in Molodezhnoe, Crimea.…
Ashraf Fayadh was imprisoned for apostasy.
In August 2013, authorities arrested Fayadh, a Palestinian poet and artist living in Saudi Arabia, following an altercation with a man in …
Bakhrom Kholmatov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On April 10, 2017, authorities Kholmatov, pastor of the Sonmin Sonbogym (Full Gospel) Protestant Church, following a raid…
Aramais Avakian was imprisoned in relation to his religious identity.
On September 4, 2015, authorities arrested Avakian, a Christian fish farmer, after being accusing him of being an…
Bui Van Tham was imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.
On June 26, 2017, authorities arrested Tham following a state crackdown on a Hoa Hao Buddhist event in April 2017.…
Wang Mingquan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2017, authorities arrested Wang from his home. Police reportedly confiscated Falun Gong materials and…
Deng Chuangjiu was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In October 2017, authorities arrested Deng from his workplace after accusing him of using WeChat to disseminate…
Wang Huaixiang was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 29, 2016, authorities detained Wang in Bengbu city while he was at a church gathering, filming church…
He Zhexun is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 11, 2009, police arrested He in Xuchang city, Henan province reportedly in relation to his religious leadership…
Liu Junhua is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 24, 2017, officers from the Heze Public Security Bureau Mudan Branch arrested Liu while he was writing…
Wu Baozhen is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 24, 2017, officers from the Heze Public Security Bureau Mudan Branch arrested Wu while he was writing scrips for…
Yao Shuzhi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 24, 2017, officers from the National Security Brigade of the Heze Public Security Bureau Mudan Branch…
Ibrahim El Zakzaky was detained for his religious belief, religious activity, and religious leadership role.
On December 12, 2015, authorities arrested El Zakzaky, a Shi'a Muslim…
Aron Abraha was detained for his religious beliefs.
On May 9, 2001, authorities detained Abraha for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
On December…
Mussie Fessehaye was detained for his religious belief.
On April 6, 2003, authorities arrested Fessehaye for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
On…
Ambakom Tsegazeab was detained for his religious belief.
On March 6, 2004, authorities arrested Tsegazeab for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
…
Bemnet Fissehaye was detained for his religious beliefs.
On February 9, 2005, authorities arrested Fissehaye for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
…Werede Kiros was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On May 4, 2005, authorities detained Kiros.
On December 4, 2020, Kiros was released, following…
Yonatan Yonas is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2005, Eritrean authorities arrested Yonas for his conscientious objection as a Jehovah's Witness and for…
Kibreab Fissehaye was detained for his religious beliefs.
On December 27, 2005, Fissehaye was arrested for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
On…
Bereket Abraha Okba-gabr was detained for his religious beliefs.
On January 1, 2006, authorities arrested Okba-gabr for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military…
Yosief Fessehaye is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2006, Eritrean authorities arrested Fessehaye for conscientiously objecting to military service as a Jehovah's…
Yoel Tsegezab was detained for his religious belief.
On August 26, 2008, authorities arrested Tsegezab for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
…Samuel Ghirmay is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2009, Eritrean authorities detained Ghirmay for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a…
Teklu Gebrehiwot is detained for his religious belief.
On November 5, 2022, authorities arrested Gebrehiwot for undisclosed reasons.
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Isaias Afeworki is detained for his religious activity.
In June 2009, authorities detained Afeworki for attending a religious meeting.
Hagos Woldemichael was detained for his religious activity.
On April 21, 2012, authorities detained Woldemichael after he preached at a funeral.
On December 4, 2020, …
Araia Ghebremariam was detained for his religious activity.
On April 21, 2012, authorities detained Ghebremariam after he preached at a funeral.
On December 4, 2020, …
Tsegabirhan Berhe was detained for his religious activity.
On April 21, 2012, authorities detained Berhe after he preached at a funeral.
On December 4, 2020, Berhe was…
Daniel Meharizghi was detained for his religious activity.
On April 21, 2012, authorities detained Meharizghi after he preached at a funeral.
On December 4, 2020, Meharizghi…
Yosief Tesfamariam was detained for his religious beliefs.
In May 2012, authorities arrested Tesfamariam for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.…
Ghebru Berhane was detained for his religious activity.
On April 14, 2014, authorities detained Berhane for attending a religious meeting.
On December 4, 2020, Berhane was…
Tekle Gebrehiwet was detained for his religious activity.
In April 2014, authorities detained Gebrehiwet for attending a religious meeting.
In December 2020, Gebrehiwet was…
Thomas Tesfagabir is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Tesfagabir for attending a religious meeting.