Mansour Mardani is imprisoned for his religious conversion and activity.

In December 2021, plainclothes intelligence agents arrested Mardani, a Christian convert from Islam, and his brother…

Yusuf Ahmet Qadeer is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In December 2024, authorities sentenced Qadeer to 10 years' imprisonment for receiving "illegal religious education" from…

Sattar Qadeer is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In December 2024, authorities sentenced Qadeer to 7 years' imprisonment for receiving "illegal religious education" from his…

Yaqub Heddi is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In December 2024, authorities sentenced Heddi to 9 years' imprisonment for receiving "illegal religious education" from his…

Zhou Songlin is detained for his religious activity. 

In November 2023, Chinese authorities arrested Zhou Songlin, a pastor of the unregistered Hefei’s Ganquan Church. 

In…

Malik al-Dowaish is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In July 2022, Saudi authorities arrested Malik al-Dowaish for peacefully advocating for his father, Sulaiman al-…

Yakov Vorontsov is detained for his religious expression and leadership role. 

In February 2026, authorities arrested Vorontsov, a priest of an unregistered Orthodox church, during a…

Mohammedreza Tabri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy. 

In January 2026, police in Tehran arrested Tabri during city-wide protests. 

Shortly…

Jonathan David Muir Burgos is detained for his religious association. 

In March 2026, authorities arrested 16-year-old Muir Burgos along with his father, Pastor Elier Muir Ávila, during…

Awad al-Qarni is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious belief and leadership role. 

In September 2017, authorities arrested Qarni, a renowned Sunni preacher and scholar,…

Amir-Ali Minaei is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In December 2023, Iranian officials arrested Minaei for his involvement with a Christian house church. 

In March…

Li Yingqiang is detained for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In February 2026, police authorities arrested Li, an elder at Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan…

Jia Xuewei is under house arrest for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In January or February 2026, police authorities detained Jia, Vice Deacon of Early Rain Covenant Church…

Ye Fenghua is under house arrest for his religious activity. 

In January or February 2026, police authorities detained Ye, an affiliate of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan…

Arshia Rouhani is imprisoned for his religious belief and association. 

In October 2023, authorities summoned and arrested Rouhani, a Baháʼí business owner who had previously faced…

Hamid Manzavi is imprisoned for his religious belief and association. 

In October 2023, authorities summoned and arrested Manzavi, a Baháʼí business owner, after raiding and sealing his…

Arman Nik Ayin is detained for his religious belief and association.

In June 2025, authorities in Shiraz violently arrested Nik Ayin and raided his home. Authorities took him to an…

Iman Rahmatpanah is detained for his religious belief. 

In June 2025, authorities in Shiraz arrested Rahmatpanah at his home and confiscated his personal belongings, including Baháʼí…

Hoshidar Zarei is imprisoned for his religious belief. 

In April 2023, authorities arrested Zarei, a Baha'i citizen. 

Later in 2023, Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary…

Mubarak Sani is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In January 2023, authorities arrested Sani for allegedly distributing Tafseer-e-Sagheer, an Ahmadiyya exegesis of the Qur'an, in…

Choktrul Dorje Ten was forcibly disappeared for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In December 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Ten, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader,…

Moin Yeganeh is detained for his religious activity. 

In April 2026, authorities arrested Yeganeh and threatened to deport him over his religious activities. His detention came amid…

Marwan Melouk is detained for his religious activity. 

In November 2025, Algerian authorities arrested Melouk and interrogated him about his religion. Melouk had been an active…

Peyvand Naimi is detained for his religious identity and association. 

In January 2026, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps authorities arrested Naimi and held him incommunicado.…

Borna Naimi is detained for his religious identity and association. 

In March 2026, Iranian authorities arrested Naimi, held him incommunicado, and accused him of murdering government…

Victim NP-0036 is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

In 2014, Ministry of State Security officials arrested NP-0036 for his Christian faith and evangelism. Authorities…

Victim NP-0057 is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In 2008, Ministry of State Security officials arrested NP-0057 for smuggling pages of the Bible into North Korea from a…

Victim NP-0064 is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On an unspecified date, Korean People's Army (KPA) and Ministry of State Security officials arrested NP-0064, a soldier in the…

Victim NP-0065 is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In 2019, Ministry of People's Security officials detained NP-0065, a shamanistic practitioner, for his religious activities.…

Shao Huaxan is detained for his religious belief and association. 

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

Wang Xiangchao is detained for his religious belief and association. 

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

Tang Bingyi is detained for his religious belief and leadership role. 

In May 2025, police authorities detained Tang Bingyi, pastor of the unregistered Light of Zion Church in Xi’an,…

Ma Xianshi is detained for his religious activity. 

In November 2024, authorities arrested Ma, a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Wenzhou. Authorities accused him of “illegal business…

Ma Xianshi is detained for his religious activity. 

In November 2024, authorities arrested Ma, a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Wenzhou. Authorities accused him of “illegal business…

Guo Xijin is under house arrest for his religious activity and leadership role. 

Around December 2024, authorities confined Guo, an ordained priest in the unregistered Mindong Diocese…

Xu Kehong is detained for his religious activity. 

In February 2025, authorities arrested Xu, a member of Xinyi Village (Covenant) Church, along with several other church members.…

Shang Lei is detained for his religious activity. 

In February 2025, authorities arrested Shang, a member of Xinyi Village (Covenant) Church, along with several other church members.…

Zhao Hongliang is detained for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In February 2025, authorities arrested Zhao, pastor of Xinyi Village (Covenant) Church, along with several…

Ma Simin is detained for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In October 2024, authorities detained Ma Simin, an imam and former principal of an Arabic-language school, in…

Konchog Choedrag is detained for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In December 2024, authorities in Sangchu county, Gansu province detained Konchog, a Tibetan monk and leader…

Palchung is detained for his religious activity. 

In or around July 2025, authorities in Sichuan province arrested Palchung, a Tibetan musician, along with two others after they…

Lobsang Samten is detained for his religious activity. 

In September 2024, authorities detained Lobsang Samten, a monk at Ngaba’s Kirti Monastery, for allegedly contacting someone…

Behzad Basiri is detained for his religious belief and association. 

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

Behzad Yazdani is detained for his religious belief and association. 

In spring 2026, intelligence authorities arrested Yazdani along with his wife and another Baha'i family in their…

Samten Gyatso is disappeared for his religious belief and activity. In early 2025, authorities detained Gyatso, a monk at Chukha-Ma Monastery in Amdo. Authorities held him incommunicado and…

Bereket Araya is detained for his religious activity. 

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

Amanuel Araya is detained for his religious activity.

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

Keseteberhan Negusse is detained for his religious belief. 

In February 2024, authorities detained Negusse after learning he was a Jehovah's Witness. Negusse, a landlord, had attempted…

Zesani Biniam is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In November 2024, authorities arrested Biniam at the Asmara Technical School for conscientiously objecting to…

Fitsum Goitom is detained for his religious activity. 

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

Teklu Gebrehiwet is detained for his religious belief and activity.

In November 2022, mobilization soldiers detained Gebrehiwet on the street for conscientiously objecting to compulsory…

Dolshi Yonas is detained for his religious activity. 

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

Bereket Gebremichael is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

In August 2023, mobilization soldiers arrested Gebremichael on the street for conscientiously objecting to…

Amanuel Gebremariam is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

In May 2023, authorities detained Gebremariam on his way home from work for conscientiously objecting to…

Tareke Tesfamariam is detained for his religious activity. 

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

Yevgeniy Abramov is detained for his religious activity. 

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

Vladimir Pushkov is detained for his religious activity. 

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

Biniam Berhane is detained for his religious activity. 

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

Andrey Plekhanov is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities detained Plekhanov, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"  (…

Anton Novopashin is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities detained Novopashin, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"…

Gonkhi Venans Dzhakhi is detained for his religious activity. In March 2025, authorities detained Dzhakhi, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"  (Art. 282…

Yuriy Pichugin is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities detained Pichugin, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"  (Art…

Yevgeniy Dodolin is detained for his religious activity. 

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

Kuandyk Koszhanov is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Koszhanov and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…

Margulan Nurdangazy is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Nurdangazy and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…

Yerkinbek Nurakyn is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Nurakyn and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…

Batylbek Baikazy is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Baikazy and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's arrest…

Bakytzhan Shugyl is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Shugyl and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's arrest…

Yerbol Nurlybaev is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Nurlybaev and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…

Tursynbek Kabi is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Kabi and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's arrest of a…

Bekzat Maksutkhan is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy. 

In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Maksutkhan and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…

Victim NP-0136 is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In 2014, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0136 after he was reported for possessing a Christian pamphlet.…

Victim NP-0140 is imprisoned for his religious activity and association. 

In 2015, North Korean Ministry of State Security officials abducted Chinese resident NP-0140 from China after…

Victim NP-0150 is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In 2011, Ministry of State Security officials arrested NP-0150, a known public official, for being a member of an underground…

Victim NP-0237 is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In 1999, Ministry of State Security officials arrested NP-0237 for smuggling Bibles into North Korea from China. 

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Victim NP-0111 is imprisoned for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0111 after he was refouled from China, where he had studied the…

Victim NP-0112 is imprisoned for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0112 after he was refouled from China, where he had studied the…

Victim NP-0107 is imprisoned for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0107 after he was refouled from China, where he had studied the…

Victim NP-0105 is imprisoned for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0105 after he was refouled from China, where he had studied the…

Victim NP-0106 is imprisoned for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In 2001, North Korean officials detained NP-0106 after he was refouled from China, where he had studied the…

Victim NP-0114 is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In 2001, North Korean officials detained and imprisoned NP-0114 after he was refouled from China, where he engaged in religious…

Victim NP-0113 is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In 2000, North Korean officials detained NP-0113 after he was refouled from China, where he engaged in religious activity.…

Victim NP-0314 is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In 2016, Ministry of State Security officials detained NP-0314 for his Christian activity. Authorities held him at Ryanggang…

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…

Mikhail Koval is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In October 2023, authorities detained Koval, parishioner of the banned Vozrozhenie ("Revival") Church, for his involvement with…

Yevgeny Zhuravsky is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

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

Sergey Kozlov is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

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

Igor Kozlov is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

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

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…