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Elshan Abbasov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 3, 2022, plainclothes officers in Barda arrested Abbasov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM). Activists…
Shamkhal Eyvazov was detained for his religious activity.
In April 2018, customs officials arrested Eyvazov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), and his brother, Migdad Eyvazov,…
Amin Sharifi is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2022, authorities arrested Sharifi from his home in Mashhad reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.…
Leonid Ponomaryov was disappeared for his religious beliefs and activity.
On September 21, 2022, armed men in military uniform abducted Ponomaryov, a Baptist pastor, and his wife from…
Valentin Zhuravlov was disappeared for his religious leadership role.
On June 18, 2022, Russian armed forces detained Zhuravlev, a Protestant pastor, in Russian-occupied Melitopol, Ukraine…
Andrey Vlasov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 12, 2020, authorities in Prokopievsk detained Vlasov reportedly for holding discussions about the Bible.…
Garegin Khachaturyan is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 11, 2022, authorities in Novocherkassk arrested Khachaturyan following raids on the homes of several…
Gevorg Yeritsyan is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 11, 2022, authorities in Novocherkassk arrested Yeritsyan following raids on the homes of several Jehovah…
Anatoliy Gorbunov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 2, 2022, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced Gorbunov to six years in prison for…
Sergey Gromov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 15, 2022, authorities in Moscow arrested Gromov at an airport. The following day, his home was searched, and…
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 Zinich is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 27, 2022, the Oktyabrskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced Zinich to six years in prison for “…
Rinat Kiramov is imprisoned for his religious activity and belief.
On November 9, 2021, authorities detained several individuals, including Kiramov, following raids on the homes of several…
Sergey Korolev is imprisoned for his religious activity and belief.
On November 9, 2021, authorities detained several individuals, including Korolev, following raids on the homes of…
Sergey Kosyanenko is imprisoned for his religious activity and belief.
On November 9, 2021, authorities detained several individuals, including Kosyanenko, following raids on the homes of…
Igor Mamalimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 6, 2022, the Central District Court of Chita sentenced Mamalimov to six years in prison for “organizing the…
Vladimir Ermolaev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 10, 2020, authorities in Chita detained Ermolaev following raids of the homes of several Jehovah's…
Aleksandr Putintsev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 6, 2022, the Central District Court of Chita sentenced Putintsev to six years and six months in prison for…
Roman Mareyev is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 20, 2021, authorities detained Mareyev following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in …
Anatoliy Marunov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 20, 2021, authorities detained Marunov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in …
Sergey Tolokonnikov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 20, 2021, authorities detained Tolokonnikov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses…
Vladimir Melnik is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 9, 2020, authorities in Oryol detained Melnik following searches of the homes of several Jehovah'…
Vladimir Piskarev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 9, 2020, authorities in Oryol detained Piskarev following searches of the homes of several…
Artur Putintsev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 9, 2020, authorities in Oryol detained Putintsev following searches of the homes of…
Maksim Morozov was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 6, 2021, authorities arrested Morozov after accusing him of "convening and holding meetings of its members and…
Yuriy Usanov was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On April 2, 2021, authorities arrested Usanov from his home after accusing him of "convening and holding meetings of its…
Aleksandr Nikolayev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 30, 2021, authorities detained Aleksandr after summoning him for interrogation. Nikolayev's…
Sean Pike is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 25, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested Pike after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses. He was…
Aleksandr Rumyantsev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 25, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested Rumyantsev after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's…
Eduard Sviridov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 25, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested Sviridov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses…
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…
Konstantin Sannikov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 27, 2020, authorities in Kazan detained Sannikov after accusing him of “organizing the…
Nikolay Saparov is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On March 23, 2022, authorities in Maykop detained Saparov at the Mineralnye Vody airport for organizing…
Inver Siyukhov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 16, 2021, authorities in Maykop detained Siyukhov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's…
Aleksandr Skvortsov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 7, 2021, authorities in Taganrog detained Skvortsov after searching his home. He was accused of…
Valeriy Tibiy was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On May 18, 2022, authorities detained Tibiy after searching his home in December 2021. He was accused of “…
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…
Danil Suvorov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 18, 2021, authorities in Sochi detained Suvorov following searches on the homes of several Jehovah's…
Aleksandr Filatov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 13, 2021, authorities in Vladikavkaz detained Filatov after accusing him of holding religious…
Yuriy Yakovlev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 29, 2022, authorities in Sosnovoborsk detained Yakovlev following searches on the homes of several Jehovah's…
Marat Abdulgalimov was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On June 1, 2019, authorities detained several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Abdulgalimov, …
Arsen Abdullaev was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On June 1, 2019, authorities detained several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Abdullaev, following…
Anton Dergalev was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On June 1, 2019, authorities detained several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Dergalev, following…
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…
Vardan Zakaryan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 24, 2020, authorities in Moscow detained Zakaryan following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's…
Ivan Chaykovskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 24, 2020, authorities in Moscow detained Chaykovskiy following raids on the homes of several…
Yuriy Chernyshev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 24, 2020, authorities in Moscow detained Chernyshev following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's…
Vitaliy Komarov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 24, 2020, authorities in Moscow detained Komarov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's…
Sergey Shatalov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 24, 2020, authorities in Moscow detained Shatalov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's…
Valeriy Rabota was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On March 3, 2022, authorities in the Knyaz-Volkonsky rural settlement detained Rabota after searching Jehovah's…
Vitaliy Ushakov was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On February 13, 2022, authorities in Krasnodar detained Ushakov following raids on the homes of…
Viktor Shayapov was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On February 5, 2022, authorities in Mozhaisk detained Shayapov. He was accused of participating…
Saman Khadem was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 13, 2022, authorities in Shiraz arrested Khadem, an environmental activist, reportedly in relation to his being…
Wang Xinmin is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 10, 2021, police arrested Wang in relation to his Falun Gong activity. Police reportedly beat him.
On October 29…
Arash Zamani was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On September 24, 2022, authorities in Tehran arrested Zamani and his partner Armaghan Zabihi from their…
Sirous Zabihi was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On September 24, 2022, authorities in Mashhad arrested Zabihi reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.
…Cui Tai is detained for his religious leadership role.
On June 19, 2020, police in Zhangjiakou municipality, Hebei province, detained Cui Tai, a Catholic bishop, reportedly in…
Badie Khazei is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2022, plainclothes officers arrested Khazei in Tehran. Khazei was later transferred to Evin Prison…
Kamyar Habibi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 10, 2022, authorities in Karaj arrested Habibi reportedly for his being Baha'i.
On December 13…
Shayan Gholami was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 24, 2022, authorities in Kerman detained Gholami and Shaghayegh Bahrami reportedly in relation…
Anatoli Zernichenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 15, 2021, authorities in Arys arrested Zernichenko for posting religious texts on Instagram and…
Khasan Abdirakhimov is in a labor camp for his independent religious activity.
On November 22, 2021, police took into custody Abdirakhimov. Abdirakhimov had originally been sentenced in…
Lotse is detained for his adherence to a religious figure.
On July 25, 2022, police in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained…
Tsewang Norbu is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On June 9, 2022, police detained Norbu, a Tibetan pilgrim, after he protested his inability to enter…
Hami Bahadori is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 22, 2022, authorities in Tehran detained Bahadori reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.
On…
Vladimir Bukin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 25, 2022, the Tyndinskiy District Court of the Amur Region sentenced Bukin to six years and six months in…
Valeriy Slashchev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 25, 2022, the Tyndinskiy District Court of the Amur Region sentenced Slashchev to six years and…
Sergey Yuferov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 25, 2022, the Tyndinskiy District Court of the Amur Region sentenced Yuferov to six years and six…
Mikhail Burkov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 25, 2022, the Tyndinskiy District Court of the Amur Region sentenced Burkov to six years and two months…
Farit Sharifullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In February 2020, authorities arrested Sharifullin after accusing him of organizing and participating in…
Marsel Gimaliev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In February 2020, authorities arrested Gimaliev after accusing him of organizing and participating in…
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…
Pooya Saraf was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On November 2, 2022, authorities in Karaj detained Saraf and searched his workplace and home, confiscating electronics and…
Mo Wulong is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On or around June 21, 2007, authorities in the Jianghua Yao Autonomous County,…
Cheng Jinfeng was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 18, 2014, authorities from Shizuishan…
Cui Haoxin is detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On January 14, 2020, authorities in Ji’nan municipality, Shandong province, detained Cui, a religious poet,…
Ma Like is detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
In April 2017, authorities in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Ma reportedly…
Ma Zhengxiu is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur…
Mou Guojian is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur…
Geng Zejun was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 5, 2021, authorities from Huinong district detained Geng, pastor of the house church Church of…
Yang Jianxin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early 2021, authorities detained Yang, pastor of a house church, for “conducting illegal business operations” and “…
Andrey Danielyan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 7, 2022, the Rubtsovsk City Court of the Altai Territory sentenced Danielyan to six years in prison…
Cao Qing'en was detained for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu…
Dai Zhichao was detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu…
Su Bingsen was detained for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu…
Wang Xiaoguang is detained for his religious activity.
On August 7, 2021, authorities in Linfen municipality, Shanxi province, detained Wang and his wife Yang Rongli, who are…