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Aramais Avakian was imprisoned in relation to his religious identity.

On September 4, 2015, authorities arrested Avakian, a Christian fish farmer, after being accusing him of being an…

Bui Van Tham was imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.

On June 26, 2017, authorities arrested Tham following a state crackdown on a Hoa Hao Buddhist event in April 2017.…

Le Thi Hong Hanh was imprisoned for her religious identity and activity.

On November 13, 2017, authorities arrested Hanh following a state crackdown on a Hoa Hao Buddhist event in April…

Do Thi Hong was imprisoned for her religious activity.

On February 14, 2012, authorities arrested Hong, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged…

Doan Van Cu is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On February 10, 2012, authorities arrested Cu, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him…

Le Duy Loc is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On February 15, 2012, authorities arrested Loc, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged…

Le Phuc was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On February 5, 2012, authorities arrested Phuc, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and charged him with “abusing…

Le Trong Cu is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On February 5, 2012, authorities arrested Cu, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him with…

Luong Nhat Quang is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In March 2012, authorities arrested Quang, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him…

Nguyen Dinh is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On November 23, 2012, authorities arrested Dinh, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged…

Nguyen Ky Lac is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On February 6, 2012, authorities arrested Lac, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him…

Nguyen Thai Binh is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On November 23, 2012, authorities arrested Binh, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged…

Phan Thanh Tuong was imprisoned for his religious activity.

In late February/early March 2012, authorities arrested Tuong, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and…

Phan Thanh Y was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On November 23, 2012, authorities arrested Y, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him…

Ta Khu was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On February 6, 2012, authorities arrested Khu, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him with…

Tran Phi Dung was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On February 10, 2012, authorities arrested Dung, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and charged him with “…

Tran Quan is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On February 10, 2012, authorities arrested Quan, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him…

Tu Thien Luong is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On November 23, 2012, authorities arrested Luong, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged…

Vo Ngoc Cu was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On February 6, 2012, authorities arrested Cu, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and charged him with “…

Vo Thanh Le is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On February 5, 2012, authorities arrested Le, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him with…

Vo Tiet is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On February 5, 2012, authorities arrested Tiet, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged him…

Vuong Tan Son is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On February 10, 2012, authorities arrested Son, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly…

Ksor Ruk is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On October 30, 2018, authorities arrested Ruk, a missionary and religious leader.  Authorities accused him of reviving Degar…

Siu Doang is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Doang, a house-church leader, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government.…

Ro Mah Pla was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In 2013, authorities arrested Pla after accusing him of taking direction from Montagnards overseas to spread Degar…

Siu Dik is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Dik, a deacon, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government.  Authorities…

Ksor Phit is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Phit, a deacon, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …

Ksor Pup is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Pup, a house-church leader, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …

A Dao was imprisoned for his religious activity and religious freedom advocacy.

On August 18, 2016, authorities arrested Dao, the pastor of the Montagnard Evangelical Church of Christ…

Sung A Khua was imprisoned in relation to his religious identity. 

On January 2, 2019, Sung was sentenced to two years and two months in prison. Prior to the ruling, Sung and his…

Y Pum Bya is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 10, 2018, Vietnamese authorities arrested Y Pum Bya, a church leader, after accusing him of spreading false…

Y Min Ksor is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In April 2018, authorities arrested Ksor, a member of the unregistered Good News Missionary Church, during a police raid on a house…

Rah Lan Hip is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In May 2019, state media announced that authorities had arrested Hip for "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 116/2015…

A Tach is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In 2012, authorities arrested Tach in relation to his activities with the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church. …

Runh was imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2012, authorities arrested Runh, a house-church leader, in relation to his activities with the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church. …

A Kuin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In 2013, authorities arrested Kuin, a member of the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church, after he attended a prayer…

Kpuih Khuong is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2014, authorities arrested Khuong, a leader in the Degar Protestant Church, after accusing him of organizing meetings in support…

A Jen is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In October 2015, authorities arrested Jen for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …

A Tik was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In October 2015, authorities arrested Tik for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …

Ro Ma Daih is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In September 2016, authorities arrested Daih for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…

Puih Bop is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In September 2016, authorities arrested Bop for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…

Ksor Kam is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In September 2016, authorities arrested Kam for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…

Ro Lan Kly is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In September 2016, authorities arrested Kly for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…

Dinh Nong is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In September 2016, authorities arrested Nong for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…

Usman Darvyshov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 18, 2009, Uzbek security services detained Darvyshov, a boxing coach at an athletics school and resident…

Fayzulla Agzamov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

In 2001, authorities arrested Agzamov and charged him with “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order…

Tohir Djumanov was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On August 6, 1999, authorities arrested Djumanov in Tashkent after accusing him of distributing Hizb ut-Tahrir literature.

Ravshan Kosimov was imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.

In 2008, security services arrested Kosimov, a soldier who studied on an exchange program at the U.S. military…

Avaz Tokhtakhodjaev was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 26, 1999, security service agents arrested Tokhtakhodjaev, an economist, from his home in Tashkent…

Umar Badalov is detained for his religious activity.

On March 4, 1999, authorities arrested Badalov, a migrant worker and resident of Tashkent and pious Muslim, in the wave of arrests…

Nematullo Ibragimov was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Ibragimov, a resident of Namangan, after accusing him of being a “Wahhabi” due…

Muhammad Abdukarimovich Rashidov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity. 

In 2018, authorities arrested Rashidov, a Tashkent resident, reportedly for…

Sanat Salimov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On an unspecified date, police from the Navoi Department of Internal Affairs Division of Terrorism and Extremism…

Jahongir Kamolov was imprisoned for an alleged religious affiliation.

On May 18, 2000, police arrested Kamolov in Tashkent for allegedly being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir. He was reportedly…

Ibrohim Kholmatov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In 2000, authorities arrested Kholmatov and charged him with “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order” (Art.…

Alisher Muminov was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On March 26, 2016, authorities arrested Muminov, a resident of Margilon, in Tashkent and charged him with “attempts to overthrow…

Alisher Kasymov is imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.

On October 10, 2019, authorities arrested Kasymov for allegedly downloading “extremist sermons” and other…

Shakhzodjon Zokirov is imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.

On October 8, 2019, authorities arrested Zokirov for allegedly downloading “extremist sermons” and other…

Ubaydulla Murtazoyev was imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.

On September 5, 2019, authorities detained Murtazoyev for allegedly storing with the purpose of distributing…

Azimjon Abdusamatov was imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.

Between August and October 2019, authorities originally arrested Abdusamatov alongside seven others for…

Bakhtiyor Tursunov is imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.

On September 5, 2019, authorities detained Tursunov and charged him on various criminal statutes, including…

Iskandar Iskandarov was imprisoned for gathering to discuss his religion.

In January 2020, authorities reportedly arrested Iskandarov for meeting with others to talk about Islam. …

Akbar Absalov was imprisoned for gathering to discuss his religion.

In January 2020, authorities reportedly arrested Absalov for meeting with others to talk about Islam.  Prosecutors…

Murodjon Khayitov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

In 2009, authorities arrested Khayitov for peacefully exercising of his religious beliefs.

Later…

Farrukh Yuldashev was imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2000, authorities arrested Yuldashev during waves of arrests of Muslims following the February 1999 Tashkent bombings.…

Muhamadjon Akhmadjonov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

On May 20, 2017, Akhmadjonov was sentenced to 13 years in prison for “resistance to a government…

Akbar Ikramov is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On April 17, 2000, the Margilon City Court sentenced Ikramov to eight years in prison on several criminal statutes,…

Miraziz Mirzakhmedov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

On June 5, 2000, the Tashkent Region Court sentenced Mirzakhmedov to 13 years in prison for “…

Ravshan Karimov was imprisoned for an alleged religious affiliation.

On May 22, 2000, the Tashkent City Court sentenced Karimov to 13 years in prison on various criminal statutes,…

Jamshidbek Iboydullaevich Atabekov was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On March 30, 1998, the Jizzakh City Court convicted Atabekov of "illegal production, purchase, storage, and…

Shamsiddin Giyasov was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On January 4, 2002, the Tashkent City Court sentenced Giyasov to six years and six months in prison for “…

Rustam Nosirov was imprisoned in relation to his religious appearance.

On September 30, 1998, the Chinaz District Court sentenced Nosirov to two years in prison for "intentional infliction…

Zabikhullo Muminov was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In 1999, authorities arrested Muminov following the aftermath of the Tashkent bombings. His family reported that police…

Erkinjon Oripov was imprisoned in relation to his religious activity. 

On August 8, 2000, the Tashkent’s Shaykhontakhur District Court sentenced Oripov to nine years in prison for “…

Abror Akhmedov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On January 23, 2003, the Qashqadaryo Region Court sentenced Akhmedov to seven years in prison for “attempts…

Dilrukh Isakov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity. 

On March 2, 2004, the Sabir Rakhimov District Court in Tashkent sentenced Isakov to six years in prison…

Mukhiddin Jalolov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Jalolov amid mass arrests of Muslims following the …

Rakhmatjon Ernazarov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity. 

On September 12, 2000, the Fergana City Court sentenced Ernazarov to nine years in…

Olim Mirzaev is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2001/2022, Mirzaev was imprisoned reportedly in relation to his religious beliefs.  The date of his arrest, charges, and…

Muhammadamin Abdurazzokov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

On June 19, 1999, the Fergana Region Court sentenced Abdurazzokov to 14 years in prison for “…

Akrom Kamolovich Zokirov is imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.

In 2000, the Margilon City Court sentenced Zokirov to 20 years in prison on unspecified charges.

In…

Otabek Madaminov was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On November 5, 1999, the Shakhrikhan District Court in the Andijan region sentenced Madaminov to 12 years and six months in…

Abdulbosit Akhmajonov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On June 11, 2017, the Fergana Region Court sentenced Akhmajonov to 15 years in prison for several criminal…

Mukhitdin Irgashev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On April 1, 2015, officers arrested Irgashev, along with his son in Bukhara, charging them first with…

Sardorbek Irgashev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

For several years prior to their arrest, Irgashev, his father, Mukhitdin Irgashev, and his brother, Otabek…

Otabek Irgashev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 1, 2015, officers arrested Irgashev and his father in Bukhara, charging them first with administrative…

Kadyr Yusupov was mistreated in prison for fighting for prisoner religious freedom rights and his religious activity. 

In or around December 2018, authorities arrested Yusupov, who…

Turnazar Boymatov was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On March 27, 2000, a Surkhandaryo Region Court sentenced Boymatov to nine years in prison for “attempts to overthrow the…

Mashrap Rabiev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity. 

On May 20, 2003, a court in the Surkhandaryo region sentenced Rabiev to nine years for “attempts to…

Murod Muminov is imprisoned in relation to his religious beliefs and activity. 

On September 18, 2002, the Tashkent City Court sentenced Muminov to 11 years in prison for “attempts to…

Nomoz Normurodov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity. 

On July 13, 2000, the Surkhandaryo Region Court sentenced Normurodov to 11 years in prison for “…

Bakhromjon Inogomov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity. 

On May 1, 2001, the Tashkent City District Court sentenced Inogomov to 11 years in prison for…

Shukhrat Usmanov was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On May 21, 1999, the Tashkent Region Court sentenced Usmanov to 12 years in prison for “attempts to overthrow the…

Abdulkhomid Allaberdiev is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On February 8, 2001, the Surkhandaryo Region Court sentenced Allaberdiev to 12 years in prison for “attempts to…

Bakhtiyor Sharipov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

On May 18, 2002, the Fergana Region Court sentenced Sharipov to ten years in prison for “attempts to…

Mukhammadjon Ibadullaev is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

Between 2000 and 2003, Ibadullaev, a surgeon, was originally sentenced. The date of arrest,…

Ravshan Ochilov is imprisoned for his religious activity.

Between 2000 and 2001, authorities arrested Ochilov reportedly after accusing him of being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, a banned…

Umid Boltaboev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

Between 2000 and 2001, authorities arrested Boltaboev on charges related to his religious belief. The details of his…

Umar Nishonbaev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

In 2000/2001, authorities arrested Nishonbaev reportedly in relation to his religious belief and activity.…

Jamoliddin Khaidarov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

In 2000/2001, Khaidarov was initially imprisoned. The date of his arrest, charges, and details of his…