Syeed-Amin Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On or around November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Abbasi, his brother Seyyed-Soroush…

Seyyed-Soroush Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On or around November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Abbasi, his brother Syeed-Amin…

Boris Andreyev is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On October 6, 2022, authorities in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Territory, arrested Andreyev following searches on the homes of…

Anatoliy Li is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On October 12, 2022, authorities in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Territory, arrested Li. The week before, authorities searched the…

Akim Bekirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Bekirov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Seytveli Seytabdiyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Seytabdiyev, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…

Rustem Seytkhalilov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Seytkhalilov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing…

Aleksandr Dubovenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 1, 2022, the Armyansk City Court of the Republic of Crimea - Russian-occupied Ukraine - sentenced…

Aleksandr Litvinyuk is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 1, 2022, the Armyansk City Court of the Republic of Crimea - Russian-occupied Ukraine - sentenced…

Eskender Suleymanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On June 10, 2019, authorities arrested Suleymanov, the brother of Crimean Solidarity activist Ruslan Suleimanov,…

Vladlen Abduklkadyrov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested and beat Abduklkadyrov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity…

Izzet Abdullayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Abdullayev, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing…

Medzhit Abdurakhmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Abdurakhmanov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…

Bilyal Adilov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Adilov, an imam and activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…

Remzi Bakirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested and beat Bakirov, a citizen journalist and activist from the Crimean Solidarity…

Riza Izetov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Izetov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Farkhod Bazarov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Bazarov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him…

Shaban Umerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Umerov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Rail Abdrakhmanov is imprisoned for his religious association and activity. 

On November 5, 2020, authorities in Kazan arrested several people, including Abdrakhmanov, for…

Vyacheslav Vankov is imprisoned for his religious association and activity. 

On November 5, 2020, authorities in Kazan arrested several people, including Vankov, for allegedly…

Lenar Mukhamadeev is imprisoned for his religious association and activity. 

On November 5, 2020, authorities in Kazan arrested several people, including Mukhamadeev, for…

Ilsur Galeev is imprisoned for his religious association and activity. 

On November 5, 2020, authorities in Kazan arrested several people, including Galeev, for allegedly being…

Erfan Osmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Osmanov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him…

Seiran Murtaza is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Murtaza, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him…

Alim Karimov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Karimov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Dzhemil Gafarov was imprisoned and died in state custody for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Gafarov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement…

Hkalam Samson was imprisoned for his religious activity and religious leadership role. 

On December 4, 2022, authorities arrested Samson, a pastor and advisor to the Kachin…

Vesal Momtazi was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On December 6, 2022, authorities in Rasht arrested Momtazi in relation to his being Baha'i.

On an unspecified date…

Farbod Alavi was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On December 4, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Alavi in relation to his being Baha'i.  He was sent to Evin…

Shahram Naderi was detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 6, 2022, authorities in Kermanshah reportedly arrested Naderi in relation to his religious…

Faraz Haghighatjoo was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On December 10, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Haghighatjoo in relation to his being Baha'i. He…

Pouya Nowroozi was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On December 11, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Nowroozi in relation to his being Baha'i.…

Mansour Safayi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On December 12, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Safayi after summoning him.

In…

Siavash Hayati was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Hayati alongside other other Yarsani…

Bardia Basiri was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.

On December 17, 2022, authorities in Tehran reportedly arrested Basiri in relation to his being Baha'i.…

Khaled Al-Rashed is imprisoned for his religious expression and association.

In March 2006, Saudi authorities arrested Al-Rashed, a cleric, for his membership in the Movement of Reformers…

Massoud Momtaz was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On December 10, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Momtaz in relation to his being Baha'i. Authorities…

Yashar Rasti was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On January 4, 2023, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Rasti in relation to his being Baha'i. Authorities…

Abdolhamid Masoumi Tehrani was detained in relation to criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On October 16, 2022, authorities in Tehran reportedly arrested Tehrani, an ayatollah…

Siamak Honarvar was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 6, 2021, authorities reportedly arrested Honarvar alongside other Baha'is for their religious identity…

Saeed Ettehad was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 6, 2021, authorities reportedly arrested Ettehad alongside other Baha'is for their religious identity.…

Matin Gorji was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity. 

On January 8, 2023, authorities in Qaemshahr reportedly arrested Gorji, a Baha'i. Authorities…

Serhiy Karpenko was disappeared for his religious leadership role.

On December 12, 2022, Russian soldiers detained Karpenko, pastor of the Vefil (Bethel) Protestant Church in…

Valeriy Kriger is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 19, 2022, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region sentenced Kriger to seven…

Dmitriy Zagulin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 19, 2022, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region sentenced Zagulin to three…

Sergey Shulyarenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 19, 2022, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region sentenced Shulyarenko to…

Rongwo Gangkar is detained for adherence to a religious leader.

In early 2021, authorities in Qinghai province reportedly arrested Gangkar, a writer, for initiating a…

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…

Aleksandr Votyakov was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 14, 2022, authorities in Izhevsk detained Votyakov after searching his home.…

Morsen Afrouz was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions and in relation to his religious association.

In November 2022, authorities in Firuzkooh reportedly detained …

Hani Gibran was detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On June 4, 2022, police arrested Gibran after he posted about the targeting of the Coptic Christian community on…

Oscar Benavidez was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On August 14, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Benavidez, a priest, after he performed mass. …

Tulkun Astanov is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy and for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On November 22, 2020, authorities arrested Astanov, a religious…

Rachung Gedun is imprisoned for his adherence to a religious figure.

On April 1, 2021, authorities in Chengdu municipality, Sichuan province, detained Gedun, a monk from Kirti Monastery in…

Thian Lian Sang is imprisoned for his religious leadership role.

In September 2021, authorities arrested Sang, a Chin Baptist pastor, amid a wave of detentions by the Burmese Army of…

Gratia Pello was imprisoned for his religious expression.

In December 2022, authorities in Surabaya, East Java, reportedly arrested Pello, a professor at a Christian theological school…

Ishtiaq Saleem is detained for alleged blasphemy.

In November 2022, authorities in Islamabad arrested Saleem after he was accused of sharing content deemed blasphemous on social media.…

Lian Changnian is detained for his religious activity.

On August 17, 2022, police arrested Lian, who is a pastor, and two other members of the unregistered house church Church of…

Lian Xuliang is detained for his religious activity.

On August 17, 2022, police arrested Lian, who is a pastor, and two other members of the unregistered house church Church of…

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…

Raif Fevziyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Fevziyev, an imam,…

Marlen Mustafayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On February 9, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Mustafayev and other Crimean…

Taras Kuzio was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 11, 2021, authorities in Yalta, Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Kuzio after accusing him of…

Ruslan Ilyasov is imprisoned for his religious activity and association.

In or around June 16, 2021, authorities in Kazan arrested Ilyasov after accusing him of leading a cell of the…

Dzhebbar Bekirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Bekirov, after…

Zavur Abdullayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Abdullayev, after…

Rustem Murasov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Murasov, after…

Rustem Tairov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Tairov, after…

Ansar Osmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 9, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several individuals, including Osmanov,…

Ametkhan Abdulvapov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 9, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several individuals, including …

Radik Talipov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 22, 2021, authorities in Ufa detained several people, including Talipov, for their alleged membership to the…

Timur Khabibullin is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 22, 2021, authorities in Ufa detained several people, including Khabibullin, for their alleged…

Farit Kharisov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 22, 2021, authorities in Ufa detained several people, including Kharisov, for their alleged membership to…

Yegor Pogrebnyak was under house arrest for his religious activity.

On March 5, 2023, authorities in Vladivostok detained of several individuals, including Pogrebnyak, and searched their…

Abdul Rashid Dawoodi is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.

In September 2022, police in Jammu and Kashmir arrested Dawoodi, a Sufi cleric and founder of the Tehreek-e-…

Irfan Mehraj is detained for religious freedom advocacy.

In March 2023, National Investigation Agency authorities arrested Mehraj, a human rights activist and journalist known for his…

Anwar Kenneth was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In 2001, authorities reportedly arrested Kenneth after he was accused of writing letters perceived as blasphemous towards…

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…

Nikolay Voishchev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 20, 2022, authorities in Maykop detained Voishchev after searching his home. Investigators accused…

Azat Lukmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious association.

On November 19, 2019, authorities in Moscow detained Lukmanov after accusing him of being a leader of the…

Timur Yalkabov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Yalkabov, accusing him of…

Lenur Seydametov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Seydametov, accusing him of holding…

Zekirya Muratov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Muratov among others after searching their…

Ernest Ibragimov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Ibragimov among others after…

Oleg Fedorov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Fedorov among others after searching…

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…

Server Mustafayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On May 21, 2018, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Mustafayev, co-founder of Crimean…

Rustem Emiruseinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 14, 2019, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Emiruseinov among others after…

Arsen Abkhairov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 14, 2019, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Abkhairov among others after accusing…

Eskender Abdulganiev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 14, 2019, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Abdulganiev among others after…

Marlen Asanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On October 11, 2017, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatar activists, including…

Timur Ibragimov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On October 11, 2017, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatar activists, including…

Seyran Saliyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On October 11, 2017, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatar activists, including…

Memet Belyalov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On October 11, 2017, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatar activists, including…