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Enver Seytosmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On May 10, 2018, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Seytosmanov after accusing him of…

Riza Omerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On June 10, 2019, authorities detained Omerov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Enver Omerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On June 10, 2019, authorities detained Omerov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Aider Dzhepparov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On June 10, 2019, authorities detained Dzhepparov after accusing him of being a member of the banned…

Vladimir Balabkin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On September 13, 2023, the Belogorsk District Court sentenced Balabkin to four years in prison for “…

Anooshavan Avedian was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On August 21, 2020, agents with the Ministry of Intelligence Service arrested Avedian, a house church leader, after…

Sina Shahri is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On January 17, 2022, authorities in Tabriz arrested Shahri at his home reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.…

Khrystofor Khrimli was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On September 18, 2023, Russian authorities in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine detained …

Andriy Chuy was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On September 18, 2023, Russian authorities in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine detained Chuy, a priest of…

Kostiantyn Maksimov is imprisoned for his religious belief.

On May 16, 2023, Russian forces in Russian-occupied Chongar, Ukraine, detained Maksimov, a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox…

Andrey Kapatsyna is imprisoned for conscientious objection.

On September 23, 2022, Kapatsyna was sent to a military unit in Vladivostok after he received a military summons to support…

Vyacheslav Reznichenko is imprisoned for conscientious objection.

On June 15, 2023, the Vladivostok Garrison Military Court sentenced Reznichenko to two years and six months in…

Nasrin Soutudeh was detained for her religious freedom advocacy.

In October 2023, Iranian authorities arrested Soutudeh, an Iranian human rights activist and lawyer, as she…

Yevgeny Bushev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 7, 2023, the Kalininsky District Court of Chelyabinsk sentenced Bushev to seven years in prison for “…

Reza Rasaei is imprisoned and sentenced to death for protesting religious freedom conditions.

In November 2022, Iranian security forces arrested Rasaei, a Yarsani adherant, in Karaj after…

Aleksey Gerasimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 7, 2023, the Kirovsky District Court of Kazan sentenced Gerasimov to six years in prison for “…

Aleksandr Serebryakov is detained for his religious activity and belief.

On September 19, 2023, authorities detained Serebryakov following searches on Jehovah's Witness homes in…

Zurab Dzhabrailov is detained for his religious activity.

On August 1, 2023, authorities in Moscow detained Dzhabrailov and another individual for participating in meetings to study…

Jeyhun Rustamov is detained for his religious activity.

On August 1, 2023, authorities in Moscow detained Dzhabrailov and another individual for participating in meetings to study the…

Abolfazl Pour-Hosseini is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In June 2023, authorities in Karaj detained Pour-Hosseini reportedly while he was passing out a leaflet about Erfan-e-Halgheh…

Aleksey Khabarov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 20, 2023, the Porkhov District Court of the Pskov Region sentenced Khabarov to two years and six…

Dmitriy Chausova is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On August 8, 2023, authorities in Kursk detained Chausova after searching the homes of several Jehovah's…

Oksana Chausova is under house arrest for her religious belief and activity. 

On August 8, 2023, authorities in Kursk detained Chausova after searching the homes of several…

Nikolay Kupriyanskiy is under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.

On August 8, 2023, authorities in Kursk detained Kupriyanskiy after searching the homes of several…

Anton Virich is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On July 11, 2023, authorities in Uzhur detained Virich and subsequently disappeared him for nine days until friends found…

Marina Chaplykina is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On December 18, 2023, the Novosibirsk District Court sentenced Chaplykina to four years in prison for “…

Valeriy Maletskov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In April 2019, authorities placed Maletskov under house arrest following raids on several Jehovah's Witness…

Hakop Gochumyan is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 15, 2023, authorities in Pardis arrested Gochumyan while he and his family were having dinner at a friend's…

Kirill Chekolaev was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On December 7, 2023, authorities in Vladivostok detained Chekolaev after searching several Jehovah's Witness homes…

Arash Moradi is imprisoned on religiously-based charges for his social activism. 

In October 2023, Iranian security forces arrested Moradi, a Gonabadi Sufi and social activist, at his…

Mina Karami is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In September 2022, Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court convicted Karami, an Iranian Baha'i, on charges related to "…

Soroush Iqani is imprisoned for his religious identity.

In June 2023, Branch 1 of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court sentenced Iqani, an Iranian Baha'i, to two years in prison on charges of "…

Noushin Mesbah is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

In October 2023, Branch 1 of the Mashhad Revolution Court sentenced Mesbah to one year in prison on charges of "…

Radik Khairutdinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious association.

On September 23, 2019, authorities detained Khairutdinov and others after accusing them of studying Islam and…

Elmar Mamedov is imprisoned for his alleged religious association.

On September 23, 2019, authorities detained Mamedov and others after accusing them of studying Islam and spreading…

Oleg Orlov is imprisoned in relation to his human rights work.

On February 27, 2024, the Golovinsky District Court in Moscow sentenced Orlov, the 70-year old co-chair of the Nobel…

Aleksandr Chagan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 29, 2024, the Central District Court of Tolyatti in the Samara Region sentenced Chagan to eight years in…

Eduard Sharlot is detained for blasphemy.

On November 22, 2023, authorities detained Sharlot, a musician, at Pulkovo Airport and placed him under administrative arrest. Sharlot's…

Stanislav Kim is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On June 20, 2024, the Industrial District Court of Khabarovsk sentenced Kim to eight years and two months in prison for “organizing…

Vitaliy Zhuk is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On June 20, 2024, the Industrial District Court of Khabarovsk sentenced Zhuk to eight years and four months in prison for “organizing…

Nikolai Polevodov is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On June 20, 2024, the Industrial District Court of Khabarovsk sentenced Polevodov to eight years and six months in prison for “…

Neda Fotouhi is imprisoned for her membership in a religious organization and activism.

In October 2023, Iranian security forces arrested Fotouhi, an Iranian follower of Erfan-e-Halgheh,…

Mojdeh Falahi is detained for her religious belief. 
In September 2024, Iranian security authorities arrested Falahi, a Christian convert, in Shiraz. Falahi reportedly went to the Shiraz…

Mazaher Heydari is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In June 2024, Iranian security forces arrested Heydari, a Gonabadi Sufi who has advocated for women’s rights…

Narges Nasri was detained for her religious conversion.

In November 2024, Iranian intelligence authorities detained Nasri after raiding her Tehran home, during which they confiscated…

Morteza Faghanpour-Saasi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In June 2024, Iranian authorities arrested Morteza for distributing "illegal" Christian books and…

Abolfazl Ahmadzadeh-Khajani is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In June 2024, Iranian authorities arrested Ahmadzadeh-Khajani and pressured him to renounce his…

Hessamuddin Mohammad Joneydi was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In June 2024, Iranian authorities arrested Joneydi and pressured him to renounce his faith. 

In…

Natalia Minenkova is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In May 2024, Russian authorities arrested Minenkova for organizing Falun Gong activities, including identifying new members…

Zhu Yun is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In November 2024, Russian authorities arrested Yun for organizing Falun Gong activities. 

In June 2025, authorities…

Ilya Vasilyev is imprisoned for his religiously based political activity. 

In June 2024, Russian authorities arrested Ilya Vasilyev for opposing the war in Ukraine on religious grounds…

Nikolay Romanyuk is imprisoned for his religious expression. 

In October 2024, Russian authorities arrested Romanyuk for preaching an anti-war…

Mehran Shamloui is imprisoned for his religious activity and conversion. 

In 2024, Iranian authorities arrested Shamloui for participating in a house church. 

In December…

Zahra Gholami is imprisoned for her religious conversion and activity. 

In December 2023, several dozen Iranian intelligence agents raided Gholami's house church in Shahriar and…

Hossein Mohammadi is imprisoned for his religious conversion and activity. 

In December 2023, 30 Iranian intelligence agents raided Mohammadi's house church in Shahriar and arrested him…

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…

Aleksandr Neverov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In the winter of 2023, Russian authorities arrested Neverov for participating in Jehovah's Witness meetings, discussing…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Mary Mohammadi is forcibly disappeared for her religious belief. 

In February 2026, Iranian Ministry of Intelligence authorities disappeared Mohammadi, a Christian convert and human…

Aysulu Tastaybekova is detained for her religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Tastaybekova, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused her of organizing…

Tatyana Dodolina is detained for her religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Dodolina, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused her of organizing activities…

Yevgeniy Abramov is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Abramov, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused him of organizing activities…

Vladimir Pushkov is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Pushkov, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused him of organizing activities…

Yana Abramova is detained for her religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Abramova, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused her of organizing activities of…

Andrey Plekhanov is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities detained Plekhanov, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"  (…

Anton Novopashin is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities detained Novopashin, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"…

Gonkhi Venans Dzhakhi is detained for his religious activity. In March 2025, authorities detained Dzhakhi, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"  (Art. 282…

Yuriy Pichugin is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities detained Pichugin, along with 3 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and charged him with "extremism"  (Art…

Yevgeniy Dodolin is detained for his religious activity. 

In March 2025, authorities arrested Dodolin, along with 5 other Jehovah's Witnesses, and accused him of organizing activities…

Victoria Brazhnik is detained for her religious activity. 

In 2025, authorities charged Brazhnik with financing "an organization designated as undesirable" (Art. 284.1 RCC) due to her…