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Isaac Mogos was detained for his religious belief.
On September 17, 1994, authorities arrested Mogos for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
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Negede Teklemariam was detained for his religious belief.
On September 17, 1994, authorities arrested Teklemariam for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military…
Paulos Eyasu was detained for his religious belief.
On September 17, 1994, authorities arrested Eyasu for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
On…
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…
Kidane Weldou is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In March 2005, authorities forcibly disappeared Weldou from the streets of Asmara, leaving his car abandoned. Weldou…
Haile Naizghe is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In May 2004, authorities arrested Naizghe, a pastor of the Full Gospel Church, which was part of a network of banned…
Meron Gebreselasie is detained for his religious leadership role.
In June 2004, authorities arrested Gebreselasie, pastor of Massawa Rhema Evangelical Church, for his leadership…
Kiflu Gebremeskel is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In May 2004, Eritrean authorities arrested Gebremeskel, a pastor of the banned Southwest Full Gospel…
Aron Abraha was detained for his religious beliefs.
On May 9, 2001, authorities detained Abraha for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
On December…
Mussie Fessehaye was detained for his religious belief.
On April 6, 2003, authorities arrested Fessehaye for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
On…
Ambakom Tsegazeab was detained for his religious belief.
On March 6, 2004, authorities arrested Tsegazeab for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
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Bemnet Fissehaye was detained for his religious beliefs.
On February 9, 2005, authorities arrested Fissehaye for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
…Henok Ghebru is detained for his religious belief.
In January 2005, police authorities detained Ghebru for not having a government ID after the government had stripped Jehovah's…
Werede Kiros was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On May 4, 2005, authorities detained Kiros.
On December 4, 2020, Kiros was released, following…
Yonatan Yonas is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2005, Eritrean authorities arrested Yonas for his conscientious objection as a Jehovah's Witness and for…
Kibreab Fissehaye was detained for his religious beliefs.
On December 27, 2005, Fissehaye was arrested for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
On…
Bereket Abraha Okba-gabr was detained for his religious beliefs.
On January 1, 2006, authorities arrested Okba-gabr for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military…
Yosief Fessehaye is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2006, Eritrean authorities arrested Fessehaye for conscientiously objecting to military service as a Jehovah's…
Yoel Tsegezab was detained for his religious belief.
On August 26, 2008, authorities arrested Tsegezab for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
…Samuel Ghirmay is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2009, Eritrean authorities detained Ghirmay for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a…
Teklu Gebrehiwot is detained for his religious belief.
On November 5, 2022, authorities arrested Gebrehiwot for undisclosed reasons.
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Isaias Afeworki is detained for his religious activity.
In June 2009, authorities detained Afeworki for attending a religious meeting.
Milen Isaac is detained for her religious activity.
In June 2009, authorities arrested Isaac while she was attending a religious meeting.
Faiza Seid is detained for her religious activity.
In June 2009, authorities detained Seid for attending a religious meeting.
Hagos Woldemichael was detained for his religious activity.
On April 21, 2012, authorities detained Woldemichael after he preached at a funeral.
On December 4, 2020, …
Araia Ghebremariam was detained for his religious activity.
On April 21, 2012, authorities detained Ghebremariam after he preached at a funeral.
On December 4, 2020, …
Tsegabirhan Berhe was detained for his religious activity.
On April 21, 2012, authorities detained Berhe after he preached at a funeral.
On December 4, 2020, Berhe was…
Daniel Meharizghi was detained for his religious activity.
On April 21, 2012, authorities detained Meharizghi after he preached at a funeral.
On December 4, 2020, Meharizghi…
Yosief Tesfamariam was detained for his religious beliefs.
In May 2012, authorities arrested Tesfamariam for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.…
Ghebru Berhane was detained for his religious activity.
On April 14, 2014, authorities detained Berhane for attending a religious meeting.
On December 4, 2020, Berhane was…
Tekle Gebrehiwet was detained for his religious activity.
In April 2014, authorities detained Gebrehiwet for attending a religious meeting.
In December 2020, Gebrehiwet was…
Thomas Tesfagabir is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Tesfagabir for attending a religious meeting.
Mardocai Estifanos is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Estifanos for attending a religious meeting.
Michael Gashazgi is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Gashazgi for attending a religious meeting.
Liya Hidru was detained for her religious activity.
On April 27, 2014, authorities detained Hidru for attending a religious meeting.
On December 4, 2020, Hidru was released,…
Wintana Shewaseged is detained for her religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Shewaseged for attending a religious meeting.
Mikaal Taddesse was detained for her religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Taddesse for attending a religious meeting.
In February 2025, Taddesse was…
Emnet Woldai is detained for her religious activity.
In April 2014, authorities detained Woldai for attending a religious meeting.
Senait Berhane is detained for her religious activity.
In April 2014, Eritrean authorities detained Berhane for attending a religious meeting.
Bereket Habteyesus is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In May 2014, authorities detained Habteyesus for conscientiously objecting to further military service after…
Habtemariam Meraf Seyum was detained for her religious activity.
On October 25, 2015, authorities detained Meraf Seyum.
On December 4, 2020, Meraf Seyum was released,…
Samuol Dawit is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In March 2023, authorities detained Dawit for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a Jehovah's…
Yonatan Asgedom is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In September 2017, Eritrean authorities arrested Asgedom for his conscientious objection as a Jehovah's Witness.
Daniel Teka is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2017, authorities detained Teka for sharing his faith with others.
Hamid Kamal Mohammad bin Haydara was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 3, 2013, authorities linked to the Houthi-run National Security Bureau arrested…
Libi Marhabi is imprisoned for his religious identity.
In March 2016, Houthi forces arrested Marhabi for allegedly smuggling a Torah out of Yemen.
On…
Ermias Asgedom is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In July 2008, authorities arrested Asgedom for refusing to sign a document renouncing his faith.
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…
Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim was detained in relation to his religious leadership role and religious expression.
On October 15, 2022, authorities arrested Tsalim, the Catholic bishop of…
Mihretab Stefanos was detained in relation to his religious leadership role and religious expression.
On October 11, 2022, authorities arrested, Stefanos, the priest of St.…
Abraham Habtom Gebremariam was detained in relation to his religious leadership role and religious expression.
In October 2022, authorities arrested Gebremariam, a Capuchin abbot. …
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…
Ahmad Al Malahi was detained for his religious activity.
On May 25, 2023, armed Houthi forces detained 17 Baha’is, including Al Malahi, after raiding a private residence in Sana’a where…
Bokurezion Dawit is detained for his religious belief.
In March 2023, Eritrean authorities detained Dawit and took him to Barentu Prison camp for his neutral stand on patriotic issues…
Tewoldemedhin Habtezion is detained for his religious belief and association.
In February 2023, authorities arrested Habtezion because his son would not sing the national anthem and was…
Andemeskel Kidane is detained for his religious belief and association.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Kidane after his two 11-year-old children were expelled from school for…
Yonas Tekeste is detained for his religious belief.
In February 2022, authorities arrested Tekeste for conscientiously objecting to continuing to serve in the military after…
Isak Tekle is detained for his religious belief.
In November 2022, authorities arrested Tekle for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a Jehovah's…
Tigist Tekle is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In December 2022, authorities arrested Tekle for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a…
Tekle Yoab is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In November 2022, authorities arrested Yoab and his wife for refusing to give money to the national defense.…
Kdisti Tesfamichael is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2022, authorities arrested Tesfamichael and her husband for refusing to give money to the national…
Tesfay Kiflay is detained for his religious belief and association.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Kiflay because his daughter refused to sing the national anthem and was expelled…
Rimon Yonas is detained for his religious belief.
In October 2022, authorities arrested Yonas for conscientiously objecting to compulsory military service as a Jehovah's…
Yanet Yonas is detained for her religious belief.
In December 2022, authorities found and arrested Yonas, a Jehovah's Witness who had gone into hiding during a military…
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…
Fitsum-Berhan Gebrenegus is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In November 2004, Eritrean police authorities arrested Gebrenegus, an Eritrean Orthodox priest at the…
Gebremedhin Gebregergis is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In November 2004, Eritrean police authorities arrested Gebregergis, a theologian and Eritrean…
Mussie Ezaz is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2007, authorities arrested Ezaz, an evangelist of 14 years and leader of the unregistered evangelical Kale Hiwot (Word…
Tekleab Mengisteab is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In November 2004, Eritrean police authorities arrested Mengisteab, an Eritrean Orthodox priest at the Mekane…
Letebrhan Tesfay is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, police officers arrested 85-year-old Letebrhan Tesfay while raiding her home as she hosted a peaceful…
Sidon Tekeste is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2024, authorities arrested Tekeste at school for respectfully refusing to contribute to a political fund.…
Berekti Habte is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, police officers arrested Habte while she attended a peaceful religious gathering. Authorities confined her in…
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 imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On December 3, 2024, Azerbaijani authorities arrested Rufat Safarov, an outspoken critic of the Azerbaijani government’s…
Tigisti Tsehaye is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Tsehaye and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…
Hideat Gebrehiwet is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Gebrehiwet and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful…
Selam Tsehaye is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Tsehaye and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious…
Hiwet Isak is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Isak and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…
Okba Amare is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Amare and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful religious meeting…
Tsige Ghebremedhin is detained for her religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Ghebremedhin and 23 other Jehovah's Witnesses, including minors, during a peaceful…
Almaz Gebrehiwot is detained for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2024, authorities detained Gebrehiwot for refusing to join or contribute financially to the ruling…