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Teymur Hosseini is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In December 2023, Iranian authorities arrested Hosseini after raiding his home and workplace.
In February 2024,…
Aida Najaflou is imprisoned for her religious conversion and activity.
In February 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Aida, a Christian convert, along with four other Christians for…
Nayereh Arjaneh is imprisoned for her religious conversion and activity.
On July 7, 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Arjaneh and her husband at their home for attending a Christian seminar…
Navid Tashakor is detained for his religious identity.
On December 13, 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Tashakor, a Baha'i citizen, and charged him with “propaganda against the state…
Wang Lin is detained for his religious belief and leadership role.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wang in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, along with dozens of other Christians…
Yin Huibin is detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Yin in Beihai, Guangxi, along with dozens of other Christians affiliated…
Sun Cong is detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Sun in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Liu Zhenbin is detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Liu in Qingdao along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with…
Liu Jiang is detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Lu in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Lin Shucheng was detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Lin in Chengdu, Sichuan, along with dozens of other Christians…
Sun Xue was detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Sun in Zhengzhou along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Gao Yinjia is detained for his religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Gao in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Hu Yanzi is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Hu in Jinhua along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Wei Yunfei is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wei in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Li Shengjuan is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Li in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with…
Zhu Mingli is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Zhu in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Wu Qiuyu is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wu in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Zhan Ge is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Zhan in Jiaxing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
An Mei is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested An in Beihai, Guangxi along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with…
Cui Xiaole is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Cui in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Wang Zhong is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wang in Shanghai along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with…
Wang Cong is detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Wang in Beijing along with dozens of other Christians affiliated with Zion…
Huang Chunzi was detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Huang in Beihai, Guangxi along with dozens of other Christians…
Yang Lijun was detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Yang in Beihai, Guangxi, along with dozens of other Christians…
Huhe Tuya was detained for her religious belief and association.
In October 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Huhe in Beihai, Guangxi, along with dozens of other Christians affiliated…
Mohammad Soltani is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Soltani for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…
Abbas Soori is imprisoned for his religious activity and conversion.
In November 2024, Iranian intelligence authorities arrested Abbas Soori while raiding his home, confiscating Bibles…
Mohammad-Reza Asadi is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Nik-Ahd for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…
Abolfazl Khoran is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Khoran for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…
Mostafa Kamani is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Kamani for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…
Ramtin Edrisi is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In August 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Edrisi for attending the memorial service of a man who was killed by…
Zhang Haitao is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In July 2015, Chinese authorities arrested Haitao for criticizing the Chinese Communist Party's human rights abuses against…
Mahmoud Mardani is imprisoned for his religious conversion and activity.
In December 2021, plainclothes intelligence agents arrested Mardani, a Christian convert from Islam, and his…
Mansour Mardani is imprisoned for his religious conversion and activity.
In December 2021, plainclothes intelligence agents arrested Mardani, a Christian convert from Islam, and his brother…
Parvin Ghadiani is detained for her religious conversion and activity.
In January 2024, Iranian security forces arrested Ghadiani, a Christian convert from Islam, for "proselytizing…
Yusuf Ahmet Qadeer is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In December 2024, authorities sentenced Qadeer to 10 years' imprisonment for receiving "illegal religious education" from…
Sattar Qadeer is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In December 2024, authorities sentenced Qadeer to 7 years' imprisonment for receiving "illegal religious education" from his…
Yaqub Heddi is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In December 2024, authorities sentenced Heddi to 9 years' imprisonment for receiving "illegal religious education" from his…
Zhou Songlin is detained for his religious activity.
In November 2023, Chinese authorities arrested Zhou Songlin, a pastor of the unregistered Hefei’s Ganquan Church.
In…
Yan Xiaojing is imprisoned for her religious activity and association.
In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Yan and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…
Liu Rongxi is imprisoned for her religious activity and association.
In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Liu and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…
Zhang Dazhun is imprisoned for her religious activity and association.
In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Zhang and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…
Pei Xiaoling is imprisoned for her religious activity and association.
In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Pei and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…
Liu Hongyan is imprisoned for her religious activity and association.
In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Liu and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…
Qu Yancui is imprisoned for her religious activity and association.
In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Qu and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…
Lu Ying is imprisoned for her religious activity and association.
In April 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Lu and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…
Yu Ping is imprisoned for her religious activity and association.
In May 2024, Chinese authorities arrested Yu and placed her under house arrest for her affiliation with Create…
Parva Behdad is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In November 2022, Iranian security forces arrested Behdad at her home for managing a social media channel associated with the…
Mohammedreza Tabri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In January 2026, police in Tehran arrested Tabri during city-wide protests.
Shortly…
Amir-Ali Minaei is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In December 2023, Iranian officials arrested Minaei for his involvement with a Christian house church.
In March…
Li Yingqiang is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In February 2026, police authorities arrested Li, an elder at Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan…
Jia Xuewei is under house arrest for his religious activity and leadership role.
In January or February 2026, police authorities detained Jia, Vice Deacon of Early Rain Covenant Church…
Ye Fenghua is under house arrest for his religious activity.
In January or February 2026, police authorities detained Ye, an affiliate of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan…
Arshia Rouhani is imprisoned for his religious belief and association.
In October 2023, authorities summoned and arrested Rouhani, a Baháʼí business owner who had previously faced…
Hamid Manzavi is imprisoned for his religious belief and association.
In October 2023, authorities summoned and arrested Manzavi, a Baháʼí business owner, after raiding and sealing his…
Sheyda Rouhani is detained for her religious belief.
In May 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Rouhani and confiscated her personal belongings, including her Baháʼí religious…
Sheydeh Tavakoli is detained for her religious belief and association.
In May 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Tavakoli along with two other Baháʼí women and took her to an…
Sheila Tavakoli is detained for her religious belief and association.
In May 2025, Iranian authorities arrested Tavakoli along with two other Baháʼí women and took her to an…
Arman Nik Ayin is detained for his religious belief and association.
In June 2025, authorities in Shiraz violently arrested Nik Ayin and raided his home. Authorities took him to an…
Iman Rahmatpanah is detained for his religious belief.
In June 2025, authorities in Shiraz arrested Rahmatpanah at his home and confiscated his personal belongings, including Baháʼí…
Hoshidar Zarei is imprisoned for his religious belief.
In April 2023, authorities arrested Zarei, a Baha'i citizen.
Later in 2023, Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary…
Choktrul Dorje Ten was forcibly disappeared for his religious activity and leadership role.
In December 2025, Chinese authorities arrested Ten, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader,…
Pang Yu is detained for her religious activity and association.
In September 2025, authorities arrested Pang, the wife of Gao Quanfu, pastor of Light of Zion Church, and accused her of…
Peyvand Naimi is detained for his religious identity and association.
In January 2026, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps authorities arrested Naimi and held him incommunicado.…
Borna Naimi is detained for his religious identity and association.
In March 2026, Iranian authorities arrested Naimi, held him incommunicado, and accused him of murdering government…
Shao Huaxan is detained for his religious belief and association.
In June 2025, authorities detained Shao Huaxan and four others for their involvement in the banned Full Scope Church…
Wang Xiangchao is detained for his religious belief and association.
In June 2025, authorities detained Wang Xiangchao and four others for their involvement in the banned Full Scope…
Gu Hui is detained for his religious belief and association.
In June 2025, authorities detained Gu Hui and four others for their involvement in the banned Full Scope Church movement.…
Liu Xueyun is detained for her religious belief and association.
In June 2025, authorities detained Liu Xiangchao and four others for their involvement in the banned Full Scope Church…
Tang Bingyi is detained for his religious belief and leadership role.
In May 2025, police authorities detained Tang Bingyi, pastor of the unregistered Light of Zion Church in Xi’an,…
Ma Xianshi is detained for his religious activity.
In November 2024, authorities arrested Ma, a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Wenzhou. Authorities accused him of “illegal business…
Ma Xianshi is detained for his religious activity.
In November 2024, authorities arrested Ma, a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Wenzhou. Authorities accused him of “illegal business…
Guo Xijin is under house arrest for his religious activity and leadership role.
Around December 2024, authorities confined Guo, an ordained priest in the unregistered Mindong Diocese…
Xu Kehong is detained for his religious activity.
In February 2025, authorities arrested Xu, a member of Xinyi Village (Covenant) Church, along with several other church members.…
Shang Lei is detained for his religious activity.
In February 2025, authorities arrested Shang, a member of Xinyi Village (Covenant) Church, along with several other church members.…
Zhao Hongliang is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In February 2025, authorities arrested Zhao, pastor of Xinyi Village (Covenant) Church, along with several…
Ma Simin is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In October 2024, authorities detained Ma Simin, an imam and former principal of an Arabic-language school, in…
Konchog Choedrag is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In December 2024, authorities in Sangchu county, Gansu province detained Konchog, a Tibetan monk and leader…
Xin Ruoyu is detained for her religious activity.
In or around July 2024, authorities detained Xin for developing an app that gives users access to Christian hymns and devotional…
Palchung is detained for his religious activity.
In or around July 2025, authorities in Sichuan province arrested Palchung, a Tibetan musician, along with two others after they…
Lobsang Samten is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2024, authorities detained Lobsang Samten, a monk at Ngaba’s Kirti Monastery, for allegedly contacting someone…
Ghazal Marzban is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In January 2026, authorities arrested Ghazal Marzban, a Catholic Christian convert, at her home in Tehran.…
Mahsa Sotoudeh is detained for her religious belief.
In spring 2026, agents of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested Sotoudeh along with her…
Mandana Sotoudeh is detained for her religious belief and association.
In spring 2026, agents of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested…
Behzad Basiri is detained for his religious belief and association.
In spring 2026, agents of the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp arrested Basiri…
Romina Khazali is detained for her religious belief and association.
In spring 2026, intelligence authorities arrested Khazali along with her husband and another Baha'i family in their…
Behzad Yazdani is detained for his religious belief and association.
In spring 2026, intelligence authorities arrested Yazdani along with his wife and another Baha'i family in their…
Hao Zhiwei is imprisoned for her religious activity and leadership role.
In July 2019, authorities detained Hao Zhiwei, pastor of Egangqiao Church, for collecting tithes and offerings…
Samten Gyatso is disappeared for his religious belief and activity. In early 2025, authorities detained Gyatso, a monk at Chukha-Ma Monastery in Amdo. Authorities held him incommunicado and…
Mary Mohammadi is forcibly disappeared for her religious belief.
In February 2026, Iranian Ministry of Intelligence authorities disappeared Mohammadi, a Christian convert and human…
Yang Xiaoming is forcibly disappeared for her religious belief and activity.
In May 2022, authorities detained Yang and initiated a criminal investigation against her for practicing…