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Abune Antonios was placed under house arrest and died in state custody for resisting state-interference in church affairs.
On January 20, 2006, authorities notified Antonios, patriarch of…
Annamurad Atdaev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Atdaev when he returned to Turkmenistan from Egypt, where he had been studying…
Abdughappar Abdurusul is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In July 2018, authorities in Ghulja (Yining) city, Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture,…
Hebibulla Tohti is imprisoned for his religious scholarship and ethnoreligious identity.
In March 2017, security personnel in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (…
Qurbanjan Turdibaqi is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In January 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Turdibaqi after…
Helil Hashim is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2018, authorities in Ghulja (Yining) city, Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (…
Abdulletip Abdurahman was imprisoned for travel-related reasons and his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, public security officials in Qaraqash (Moyu) county, Hotan (Hetian) prefecture,…
Abuzer Abdughappar is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Abdughappar after returning to China from studying in Turkey. Abdughappar's detention…
Nurmemet Hajim is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In December 2017, authorities in Beijing detained Haijm, who had studied at an Urumqi Islamic institute and abroad in Egypt…
Elijan Mamut is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities detained Mamut, a businessman, reportedly for his trips abroad and his money transfers to his daughters…
Y Hriam Kpa was imprisoned for his religious activity and for resisting state pressure to dissolve his church.
On July 30, 2015, authorities arrested Kpa, a house-church leader in Ea H’leo…
Li Juncai is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 20, 2019, authorities in Xinxiang…
Namse is detained for activities in support of religious sites.
In February 2018, public security officials in Biru…
Palga is detained for resisting government interference in religious affairs.
In October 2021, authorities in Draggo (Luhuo) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture…
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,…
Zhang Chenghao was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 21, 2021, authorities from Fenyang city, Luliang municipality, Shanxi province, reportedly detained Zhang,…
An Yankui was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 21, 2021, authorities from Fenyang city, Luliang municipality, Shanxi province, reportedly detained An, a…
Alijon Mirganiyev is imprisoned for his religious activities.
On June 22, 2022, authorities detained Mirganiyev at Tashkent Airport and accused him of participating in a banned "…
Kakadjan Halbaev is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In February 2018, authorities detained Halbaev, a former student who had studied in Russia, and charged him with "petty hooliganism…
Kemal Saparov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In January 2018, authorities in Ashgabat detained Saparov, a student who was studying abroad in Russia, for alleged disorderly conduct…
Konchog Dragpa is detained in relation to his religious activity.
On or around October 29, 2023, authorities in Thewo (Diebu) county, Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu…
Dradul is detained for his religious activity.
On December 18, 2022, security officials in Rikaze (Shigatse) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained three Tibetans, including…
Nay Y Blang is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 18, 2023, Vietnamese authorities arrested Blang on accusations including “abusing democratic freedoms” (Art.…