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Wu Binrong was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 18, 2013, officers from the Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau Jiangning Branch detained Wu reportedly…
Zhou Xiangyun was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 17, 2013, police in Yancheng city, Jiangsu province, detained Zhou reportedly in relation to his printing of…
Hu Weijun was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 17, 2013, police in Yancheng city, Jiangsu province, detained Hu reportedly in relation to his printing of…
Li Tianhua was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 9, 2015, authorities in Wanzhou district, Chongqing municipality detained Li, a leader of the Church of…
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…
Yu Hai is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2017, officers from the National Security Brigade of Chengde City Public Security Bureau detained Yu in the…
Yu Jianwu is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2017, officers from the National Security Brigade of Chengde City Public Security Bureau detained Yu in the…
Yao Guofu was imprisoned for distributing religious materials.
On December 5, 2015, plainclothes police officers detained Yao and his wife, Liang Xin, from their home in Nanyang…
Li Guo was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In May 2018, authorities arrested Li while he was allegedly distributing out Falun Gong-related materials. Police reportedly…
Hu Mingfa is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 13, 2014, officers from the Lingyang Police Station of the Public Security Bureau in Qingyang county detained Hu…
Yan Shihua was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 27, 2014, authorities detained Yan in Yaohai District, Hefei City, Anhui Province, reportedly in relation to his…
Shao Xingfu is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Shao reportedly in…
Wu Jianming was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 14, 2018, authorities arrested Wu for allegedly sharing information about Falun Gong and charged him with…
Pan Feng is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2018, authorities arrested Pan after accusing him of handing out Falun-Gong related materials.
On an unspecified date,…
Lei Anxiang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Lei after accusing him of handing out Falun Gong-related materials.
In…
Wei Zaiqiang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In December 2016, authorities arrested Wei after accusing him of leaving messages about Falun Gong in public areas. Police…
Murtiza Memet is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
On an unspecified date believed to have been in 2018, authorities detained Memet for reportedly sending “illegal…
Abdujelil Hajim is detained for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained several Uyghur…
Mehmut Memet is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Uchturpan (Wushi) county, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Memet for…
Jume Nasir is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In July 2016, authorities detained Nasir reportedly for praying inside his business. Additional reasons…
Abdulla Abdurahman is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In March 2018, authorities in Pichan (Shanshan) county, Turpan (Tulufan) municipality, Xinjiang…
Yasin Tursun is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Tursan, a farmer and Communist Party member, reportedly for "…
Ziyawudun Choruq is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On an unknown date in 2017, authorities in Korla (Ku’erle) city, Bayangol (Bayinguoleng) Mongol…
Tursun Hoshur is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In July 2017, public security authorities in Shaptul township, Peyziwat (Jiashi) county,…
Gheni Haji is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Haji and…
Memet Tursun Haji is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Haji,…
Imin Hajim is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Hajim, …
Lhundrub Dorje was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 14, 2020, authorities arrested Lhundrub reportedly for sharing images and teachings of the Dalai Lama online…
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…
Arslan Salimzyanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Salimzyanov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Airat Shakirov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Shakirov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Nail Yunusov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Yunusov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Li Yanchun is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 25, 2018, authorities from Lulong county, Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province, detained Li and his wife, …
Liu Fengbao was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On January 7, 2019, police in Yushu city, Changchun municipality, Jilin province, detained Liu alongside two colleagues after…
Ding Guozhu was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 21, 2018, authorities detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Ding, after they had allegedly shared information…
Tohir Djumanov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On August 6, 1999, authorities arrested Djumanov in Tashkent after accusing him of distributing Hizb ut-Tahrir literature.
…Ubaydulla Murtazoyev was imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
On September 5, 2019, authorities detained Murtazoyev for allegedly storing with the purpose of distributing…
Ma Yitao is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On September 10, 2017, police in Bei’an city, Heihe municipality, Heilongjiang province, arrested Ma and two colleagues for allegedly…
Rohan Ahmad is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In May 2020, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of sharing on WhatsApp religious content deemed blasphemous. Authorities…
Aleksey Yershov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In July 2020, security forces raided the home of Yershov and other Jehovah's Witnesses. They reportedly…
Andrey Kolesnichenko was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In July 2020, authorities raided the home of Kolesnichenko and other Jehovah's Witnesses and confiscated…
Rinchen Tsultrim was imprisoned for criticizing state policies restricting religious freedom.
On August 1, 2019, security officials in Ngaba (Aba) County, Ngaba (Aba) Tibetan &…
Tenzin Tharpa is detained for his religious activity.
In June 2020, public security officials in Driru (Biru)…
Wangchug is detained for sharing religious information.
On or around March 8, 2019, authorities in Shigatse (Rikaze…
Wangchen is detained for his religious activity.
In June 2023, police in Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained Wangchen while he was on pilgrimage with his family.…
Thubten Pema Lhundrub is detained for adherence to a religious figure.
On May 14, 2019, public security officials in Kangtsa (Gangcha) county, Tsojang (Haibei) Tibetan Autonomous…
Lobsang Trinle is imprisoned for adherence to a religious figure.
On July 1, 2021, police in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba…
Zhuang Youbu is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 1, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Zhuang in relation to her production and…
Chen Kaiqi was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 28, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Chen in relation to her production and…
Yevgeny Tarasov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Tarasov, after raiding their homes and…
Mukazhan Ksyupov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Ksyupov, after raiding their homes and…
Parviz Zeynalov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Zeynalov, after raiding their homes and…
Urdash Abdullayev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Abdullayev, after raiding their homes and…
Ilmir Abdullin was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Abdullin, after raiding their homes and…
Nikolay Nesterovich was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Nesterovich, after raiding their homes…
Aleksey Dyadkin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 21, 2020, authorities arrested Dyadkin after he meeting with investigators for questioning.…
Aleksey Goreliy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Goreliy after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Nikita Moiseyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Moiseyev after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Vladimir Popov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 12, 2020, authorities arrested Popov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Yevgeniy Razumov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Razumov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Oleg Shidlovskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Shidlovskiy after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Roman Baranovskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 10, 2019, authorities in Abkan arrested Baranovskiy following raids on the homes of Jehovah's…
Yaroslav Kalin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Kalin following raids on the homes of several…
Sergey Kosteyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Kosteyev following raids on the homes of several Jehovah'…
Nikolay Martynov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Martynov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah…
Mikhail Moysh is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Moysh following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's…
Igor Popov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 30, 2021, authorities in Mezhdurechensk detained Popov following a raid on his home. Investigators had…
Denis Sarazhakov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 30, 2021, authorities in Askiz detained Sarazhakov following a raid on his home.…
Aleksey Solnechny is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Solnechny following raids on the homes of…
Andrey Tolmachev is impisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Tolmachev following raids on the homes of…
Sergey Vasilyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Tolmachev following raids on the homes of several…
Yevgeniy Zhukov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Zhukov following searches on…
Vladimir Maladyka is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Maladyka following…
Vladimir Sakada is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Sakada following searches on…
Nikolay Stepanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 19, 2019, authorities in Vologda detained Stepanov following searches on the homes of…
Sergey Ananin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 14, 2021, authorities in Belovo detained Ananin after searching the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses. He…
Jumanazar Hojambetow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Hojambetow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of…
Begejik Begejikow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Begejikow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of Said…
Ahmet Mammetdurdyyew is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Mammetdurdyyew and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings…
Meret Owezow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Owezow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of Said Nursi,…
Myratdurdy Shamyradow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Shamyradow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of…
Muhammad Mustafa is detained for not engaging in religious activities according to the standards of a non-state entity.
On May 31, 2021, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham forces reportedly arrested…
Ali Shaker is detained for not engaging in religious activities according to the standards of a non-state entity.
On May 31, 2021, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham forces reportedly arrested Shaker…
Sergey Kardakov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Kardakov to six years and…
Sergey Yermilov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Yermilov to six years and…
Adam Svarichevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Svarichevskiy to six…
Anton Olshevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Olshevskiy to six years…
Sergey Afanasiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Afanasiyev to six years…
Wang Shunping was detained for his religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities in Fugong county, Nujiang, Yunnan province, reportedly detained five individuals, including Wang, a…
Nu Sangdeng was detained for his religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities in Fugong county, Nujiang, Yunnan province, reportedly detained five individuals, including Nu …
San Luobo was detained for his religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities in Fugong county, Nujiang, Yunnan province, reportedly detained five individuals, including San after…
Aleksey Ukhov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 22, 2020, authorities in Sovetskaya Gavan detained Ukhov after searching his home. Investigators accused…
Emil Ziyadinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Ziyadinov among others after searching their…
Aleksey Trofimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Trofimov after searching the homes of several…
Dmitriy Malevaniy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Malevaniy after searching the homes of several…
Jahongir Ulugmurodov was imprisoned for his religious activities.
On an unspecified date, authorities detained Ulugmurodov for downloading and sharing a religious song with some classmates…
Oybek Khamidov is imprisoned for his religious activities.
On January 17, 2022, authorities arrested Khamidov for allegedly sharing illegal religious materials on social media to his…
Dmytro Naukhatsky is under house arrest for his religious activity.
On December 8, 2022, authorities in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Naukhatsky after accusing him of…
Sergey Romanov is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On June 2, 2023, authorities placed Romanov in a temporary detention facility after accusing him of organizing and holding…
Vilen Temerianov is detained for his alleged religious activity.
On August 11, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatars, including …