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Leah Sharibu is in EPC captivity for refusing to renounce her faith.
On February 19, 2018, the Islamic State - West Africa Province (…
Denis Rosabal was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 6, 2021, authorities arrested Rosabal, a mechanic and the pianist and music director for the…
Lisdiani Rodríguez Isaac was imprisoned in relation to her religious identity and activity.
On July 15, 2021, authorities detained Isaac, a member of the Free Yoruba Association of…
Lisdani Rodríguez Isaac was imprisoned in relation to her religious identity and activity.
On July 15, 2021, authorities detained Isaac, a member of the Free Yoruba Association…
Donaida Pérez Paseiro is imprisoned for her religious leadership.
On July 16, 2021, Cuban authorities arrested Paseiro, the president of the Free Yoruba Association of Cuba, an independent…
Loreto Hernández García is imprisoned for his religious leadership.
On July 16, 2021, Cuban authorities arrested Paseiro, the president of the Free Yoruba Association of Cuba, an independent…
Elizabeth Cintra García was imprisoned in relation to her religious identity and activity.
On July 15, 2021, authorities detained García, a member of the Free Yoruba Association of…
Yarian Sierra Madrigal was under house arrest in relation to his religious leadership role.
On July 11, 2021, Madrigal, a pastor from the Berean Baptist Mission in Matanzas, was…
Yéremi Blanco Ramírez was under house arrest in relation to his religious leadership role.
On July 11, 2021, authorities detained Ramírez, a pastor from the Berean Baptist Mission in…
Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo was imprisoned in relation to his religious leadership role.
On July 11, 2021, Rosales Fajardo, pastor and leader of the Monte de Sion Independent Church in…
Jorge Naranjo was under house arrest for his religious identity.
On July 11, 2021, authorities arrested Naranjo, a member and the administrator of the Los Pinos Nuevos First…
Ibrahim Figueredo Fonseca was imprisoned for his religious leadership role.
On June 10, 2021, authorities detained Fonseca, a pastor from Güira de Melena, Artemisa…
Movsum Samadov was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions and for his political activity.
On January 7, 2011, authorities arrested Samadov, head of the Islamic Party…
Abqul Suleymanov was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On August 12, 2011, authorities arrested Suleymanov, a religious figure, for allegedly creating an extremist…
Elshan Mustafaoglu was imprisoned for his religious expression and activism.
On December 17, 2014, authorities arrested Mustafaoglu, a Muslim scholar and former department head at the…
Elvin Muradov was imprisoned for his religious activity and association.
On March 13, 2020, Azerbaijani police detained Muradov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…
Ahsan Nuruzade is imprisoned for his religious association.
On October 6, 2017, two plainclothes officers abducted Nuruzade, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…
Razi Humbatov is imprisoned for his religious association.
In July 2021, plainclothes officers arrested Humbatov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM) organization, for…
Seymur Mammadov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On September 22, 2022, the Goranboy District Court sentenced Mammadov to nine months in…
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,…
Royal Karimov was detained for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On July 25, 2022, officers from the Gadabay District State Service for Mobilization and Conscription…
Shahin Gadirov is imprisoned for his religious association.
On November 23, 2022, Azerbaijani authorities arrested Gadirov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), on his…
Gubad Ibadoglu is under house arrest in relation to false charges of possessing religious extremist materials.
On July 23, 2023, police arrested world-renowned political economist and civil…
Vusal Alish is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Alish, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, along with 30 others, accusing them of…
Ismayil Ismayilov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Ismayilov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, along with 30 others,…
Rashad Aliyev is imprisoned for his religious association.
In January 2023, authorities arrested Aliyev, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a deterioration of…
Elshan Rahimov is imprisoned for his religious association.
In January 2023, authorities arrested Rahimov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a deterioration…
Javid Allahverdiyev is imprisoned for his religious association.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Allahverdiyev, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a…
Aslan Gasimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In June 2023, authorities arrested Gasimov amid a deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and a crackdown on…
Khayyam Karimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In January 2023, authorities arrested Karimov amid a deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and a…
Elgiz Ibrahimov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On July 30, 2025, Judge Qalib Pashayev sentenced 19-year-old Ibrahimov to one year of…
Elgiz Mammadov is detained for his religious belief and identity.
On June 10, 2025, authorities detained Mammadov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Member (MUM), held him…
Tarlan Sayyadov is imprisoned for his religious association.
In March 2024, Azerbaijani authorities detained Sayyadov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…
Aghali Yahyayev is imprisoned for his religious leadership role
On August 31, 2023, Azerbaijani authorities arrested Yahyayev, a member of the Board of Directors of the Muslim Unity Movement…
Rufat Safarov is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
On December 3, 2024, Azerbaijani authorities arrested Rufat Safarov, an outspoken critic of the Azerbaijani government’s…
Jonathan David Muir Burgos is detained for his religious association.
In March 2026, authorities arrested 16-year-old Muir Burgos along with his father, Pastor Elier Muir Ávila, during…