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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 “…

Dennis Christensen was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On May 25, 2017, police, including members of the Federal Security Service (FSB), arrested Christensen following a raid…

Hu Shigen was imprisoned in relation to his religious activity and religious leadership role. 

On July 10, 2015, Hu, a pro-…

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…

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…

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…

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. …

Youcef Nadarkhani was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert. 

On May 13, 2016, intelligence officials in Rasht…

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…

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.…

Nguyen Hoang Nam is imprisoned in relation to his religious affiliation.

On July 24, 2023, authorities arrested Nam after accusing him of posting materials online that undermined…

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…

Teklu Gebrehiwot is detained for his religious belief.

On November 5, 2022, authorities arrested Gebrehiwot for undisclosed reasons. 

Isaias Afeworki is detained for his religious activity.

In June 2009, authorities detained Afeworki for attending a religious meeting.

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.

Mardocai Estifanos is detained for his religious activity.

In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Estifanos for attending a religious meeting.

Michael Gashazgi is detained for his religious activity.

In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Gashazgi for attending a religious meeting.

Gong Xingqi was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 17, 2016, the police in Weifang city, Shandong province detained Gong reportedly in relation to his religious…

Fang Ronghua was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 30, 2015, authorities detained Fang in Fuzhou City Dongtai city, Jiangsu province, reportedly in…

Zhang Jie was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In late 2012, police arrested Zhang reportedly in relation to his religious leadership role for 30 churches and his…

Meng Qingmin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On August 12, 2014, officers from the Sima Town Police Station of Jinxiang county, Jining city, Shandong province,…

Zhao Haibin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 17, 2017, officers from the Yangcheng Public Security Bureau of Jincheng detained Zhao reportedly in relation to…

Liu Jishui was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On August 30, 2017, officers from the Liuhe District Branch of Nanjing Public Security Bureau, Jiangsu province, arrested…

Tao Qidong is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 14, 2018, officers from the Yongxiu County Public Security Bureau detained Tao while at a worship gathering…

Gao Shengzhi was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On July 14, 2015, police from the Taixing Public Security Bureau detained Gao after he came out of a church gathering place…

Bao Guangming was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On August 8, 2014, authorities arrested Bao while attending a meeting at the home of another Christian.

On November…

Ksor Ruk is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On October 30, 2018, authorities arrested Ruk, a missionary and religious leader.  Authorities accused him of reviving Degar…

Siu Doang is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Doang, a house-church leader, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government.…

Ro Mah Pla was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In 2013, authorities arrested Pla after accusing him of taking direction from Montagnards overseas to spread Degar…

Siu Dik is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Dik, a deacon, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government.  Authorities…

Ksor Phit is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Phit, a deacon, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …

Ksor Pup is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Pup, a house-church leader, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …

Li Gang was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On August 19, 2017, officers from the Changji City Public Security Bureau detained Li reportedly for attending a religious…

Islambek Kamchybekov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 22, 2016, authorities arrested Kamchybekov after accusing him of organizing a meeting to…

Shakir Kozhamkulov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 22, 2016, authorities arrested Kozhamkulov after accusing him of organizing a…

Kanybek Uulu was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 22, 2016, authorities arrested Uulu after accusing him of organizing a meeting to indoctrinate…

Azamat Abutalipov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In March 2017, Ufa’s October District Court sentenced Abutalipov to a suspended sentence for extremism…

Artur Kaltuyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On November 7, 2017, the Lenin District Court in Makhachkala sentenced Kaltuyev to three years in prison for…

Sukhrab Kaltuyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 14, 2016, authorities arrested Kaltuyev for reading religious writings of theologian Said…

Khayrullo Tursunov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

Y Yich was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On May 13, 2013, authorities arrested Yich, a pastor in the Degar Protestant Church, after accusing him of spreading Degar Protestantism, a…

Y Pum Bya is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 10, 2018, Vietnamese authorities arrested Y Pum Bya, a church leader, after accusing him of spreading false…

Y Min Ksor is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In April 2018, authorities arrested Ksor, a member of the unregistered Good News Missionary Church, during a police raid on a house…

Qadir Rehim is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In April 2017, authorities in Kashgar city, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR),…

Tursun Qawul is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Qawul for attending an illegal religious gathering and…

Imin Mehmut is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On September 29, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Mehmut for attending an illegal religious…

Ablikim Ablet is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On October 24, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Ablet for attending an illegal religious…

Nurmemet Obul is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Obul for attending an illegal religious gathering and…

Yusup Memet is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Memet for attending an illegal religious gathering and…

Erkin Ablet is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Ablet for attending an illegal religious gathering and…

Memettursun Islam was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In 2017, authorities detained Islam. Islam's detention came amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities…

Zhao Huaiguo is detained for his religious activity.

On March 14, 2020, state security officials detained Zhao, pastor of the unregistered house church Bethel Church, from his…

Tan Defu was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 10, 2018, public security officials in Chengdu municipality, Sichuan province, detained Tan, an elder…

Danis Abdarakhmanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On February 27, 2018, authorities arrested Abdarakhmanov after accusing him of being involved in activities…

Ural Abdrakhimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On February 9, 2017, authorities arrested Abdrakhimov for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Rustem Abiltarov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On May 12, 2016, authorities arrested Abiltarov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.…

Zevri Abseitov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On May 12, 2016, authorities arrested Abseitov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Azat Adiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 14, 2014, authorities arrested Adiyev after raiding his home and confiscating computers and documents.…

Aidar Aidarbekov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On September 6, 2016, authorities arrested Aidarbekov after accusing him of leading a cell of the banned…

Muslim Aliyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 11, 2016, security forces arrested Aliyev, the head of the local Muslim community, after raiding his home in…

Danil Bagautdinov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On April 24, 2018, authorities arrested Bagautdinov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Ilshat Battalov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In March 2016, authorities arrested Battalov after being accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…

Inver Bekirov imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 11, 2016, authorities arrested Bekirov, a construction worker and guard, following a raid on his home. Bekirov…

Sobirdzhon Burkhoddini is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Burkhoddini after accusing him of being a member of the banned…

Vadim Davletbayev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 19, 2017, authorities arrested Davletbayev for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Ruzim Davletshin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 14, 2014, authorities arrested Davletshin after raiding his home and confiscating computers and documents.…

Sergei Derzhipilsky is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Derzhipilsky after accusing him of being a member of the banned…

Marat Dindarov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On March 22, 2016, authorities arrested Dindarov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Arsen Dzhepparov was imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On April 18, 2016, authorities arrested Dzhepparov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Ruslan Fatkullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On February 27, 2018, authorities arrested Fatkullin after accusing him of being involved in activities of the…

Ruslan Gabidullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Timur Gadiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 19, 2017, authorities arrested Gadiyev for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.…

Renat Galimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On April 24, 2018, authorities arrested Galimov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…

Ural Galiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 9, 2017, authorities arrested Galiyev for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.…

Azat Gataullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Gataullin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Ramil Gataullin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In March 2016, authorities arrested Gataullin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Anas Gimazetdinov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 17, 2017, authorities arrested Gimazetdinov after being accused of being a member of the banned Hizb…

Rishat Girfanov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On September 30, 2015, authorities arrested Girfanov after accusing him of being a member of the …

Rainur Ibatullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Ibatullin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Khamid Igamberdyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Igamberdyev after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Radik Imangulov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 1, 2017, authorities arrested Imangulov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Sukhrob Ironov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 19, 2015, authorities arrested Ironov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Otabek Isomadinov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Isomadinov after accusing him of being a member of the banned…

Vadim Khabirov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 19, 2017, authorities arrested Khabirov after accusing him of leading activities for the banned Hizb ut-…

Asgat Khafizov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 14, 2014, authorities arrested Khafizov after raiding his home and confiscating computers and documents…

Amir Khakimullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In March 2016, authorities arrested Khakimullin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Rafis Khalilov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On February 27, 2018, authorities arrested Khalilov after accusing him of being involved in activities of the…

Rinat Khannanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 17, 2017, authorities arrested Khannanov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…