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Bahram Hemdemov was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On March 14, 2015, authorities arrested Hemdemov following a raid on his home coinciding with a large worship meeting he was…

Vyacheslav Boronos was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On February 15, 2019, authorities arrested Boronos after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in …

Yevgeniy Fedin was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On February 15, 2019, authorities detained Fedin after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in Surgut,…

Saveliy Gargalyk was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On February 15, 2019, authorities briefly detained Gargalyk after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in…

Yevgeniy Kayryak was detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On February 15, 2019, authorities arrested Kayryak after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in…

Mo Xiufeng is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On July 2, 2017, plainclothes police officers from Lishui city, Zhejiang province, detained Mo after raiding her home…

Wang Lingjie is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On March 23, 2017, authorities detained Wang while she was at the home of another church member.  Police…

Xu Zhaoling was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On August 9, 2014, officers from the Public Security Bureau of Wulian county, Rizhao city, Shandong province, detained Xu…

Fang Ronghua was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 30, 2015, authorities detained Fang in Fuzhou City Dongtai city, Jiangsu province, reportedly in…

Gao Shengzhi was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On July 14, 2015, police from the Taixing Public Security Bureau detained Gao after he came out of a church gathering…

Chen Xiaoying was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On March 20, 2014, authorities detained Chen for allegedly organizing religious assemblies and being in possession…

Gao Xiuhong was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On July 25, 2014, police detained Gao while she was attending a religious service. Gao was reportedly tortured while…

Li Gang was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On August 19, 2017, officers from the Changji City Public Security Bureau detained Li reportedly for attending a religious…

Khayrullo Tursunov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

Huma Younus was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.

In October 2019, a man abducted 14-year-old Younus and forced her to convert to Islam and marry him. Her family subsequently filed…

Emir-Usein Kuku is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 11, 2016, authorities arrested Kuku, a member of the Crimean Human Rights Contact Group, following a raid on…

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. …

Ali al-Nimr was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.

In July 2012, authorities detained Al-Nimr, the nephew of prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-…

Abdullah al-Zaher was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.

In March 2012, authorities detained al-Zaher, 15 years old at the time, for…

Murtaja Qureiris was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.

On September 20, 2014, authorities arrested Qureiris, who was 13 years old at the…

Mohammed Issam al-Faraj is imprisoned for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.

On June 29, 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting the state's…

Jalal Labbad was imprisoned and executed for his religious identity and for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On February 23, 2017, authorities arrested Labbad from his family’s home…

Youssef al-Manasif is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.

In April 2017, authorities arrested al-Manasif for participating in…

Abdullah al-Derazi was imprisoned and executed for his religious identity and for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On August 27, 2014, Tarut Island Police arrested al-Derazi in…

Rinat Kiramov is imprisoned for his religious activity and belief.

On November 9, 2021, authorities detained several individuals, including Kiramov, following raids on the homes of several…

Seyed Fariborz Shah-Ebrahimi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…

Vadim Bektemirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Bektemirov among others after searching…

Farrukh Makhkamov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Shahboz Makhmudov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Bahram Saparov is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In March 2013, authorities arrested Saparov after he was accused of being "…

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…

Pan Hongming is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On August 11, 2022, authorities in Erdaojiang district, Tonghua municipality, Jilin province, detained four individuals,…

Gelo is detained for their religious activity.

On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained five…

Tsedo is detained for their religious activity.

On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained five…

Kori is detained for their religious activity.

On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained five…

Bamo is imprisoned for their religious activity.

On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained…

Wang Zhongqiu is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 4, 2021, authorities in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province detained Wang because of his religious activities with…