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Mohammad Roghangir was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
in October 2012, authorities arrested Roghangir, a member of the Church of Iran, after authorities raided a…
Youcef Nadarkhani was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On May 13, 2016, intelligence officials in Rasht…
Sevada Aghasar was imprisoned for his religious activity and being associated with religious converts.
In August 2013, authorities arrested Aghasar at the workplace of a friend in…
Majid Kashan was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On November 18, 2017, authorities arrested Kashan at a house-church. Kashan is believed to have been originally…
Naser Navard Goltapeh is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In February 2025, authorities detained Goltapeh and other Christians without charge and sent him to Evin Prison. …
Mohammad Ali Mosayebzadeh was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On May 13, 2016, authorities arrested Mosayebzadeh, a member of the Church of Iran, and several…
Mohammad Reza Omidi was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On May 13, 2016, authorities arrested Omidi, a member of the Church of Iran, and several others…
Zaman Fadaei was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On May 13, 2016, authorities arrested Fadaei, a member of the Church of Iran, and several others while performing…
Ebrahim Firouzi was detained for practicing his religion as a convert.
On February 8, 2021, authorities arrested Firouzi again after he released videos detailing the authorities'…
Mahrokh Ghanbari was imprisoned for practicing her religion as a convert.
In July 2019, authorities reportedly arrested Ghanbari. She was later released on bail. She was reportedly…
Fatemeh Bakhtari was imprisoned for practicing her religion as a convert.
In May 2017, authorities arrested Bakhtari and her husband, Zaman Fadaei, under unclear circumstances.…
Mubarak Bala was imprisoned for exercising his freedom of belief.
On April 28, 2020, Kaduna State police arrested Bala, president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, from…
Kamal Naamanian was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On February 15, 2019, authorities arrested Naamanian at a house-church. Other members of the…
Amri Che Mat was forcibly disappeared for his religious activity.
On November 24, 2016, Mat, a Shi'a Muslim convert, was abducted while driving to visit a friend. According to…
Buzeynep Abdureshit is imprisoned for her study abroad and ethnoreligious identity.
On March 29, 2017, public security officials in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous…
Merdan Seyitahun is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Seyitakhun,…
Seydehmet Awut was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Awut, reportedly for…
Erkin Emet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Emet, reportedly for teaching…
Abdujelil Abdughopur was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including …
Abdulitip Ablimit was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On June 5, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Ablimit,…
Mewlanjan Ehmet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On March 29, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Ehmet, reportedly for…
Dolqun Erkin was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On April 16, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Erkin, reportedly for…
Omerjan Memet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On May 7, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Memet, reportedly for…
Mutellip Rozi was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.
On April 16, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Rozi, reportedly…
Mehmud Muhemmet was detained for his ethnoreligious identity and religious education.
In late 2017, authorities detained Muhemmet, a farmer from Turpan, reportedly for "illegally'…
Shireli Memeteli is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In November 2018, authorities detained Memeteli, a taxi driver, reportedly for transporting a religious figure and receiving…
Mutellip Memet is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On October 3, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Memet for illegally studying scripture. Memet was…
Adil Osman is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Osman for illegally studying scripture. Osman was sent to…
Ekber Memet is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Memet for illegally studying scripture. Memet…
Kerim Tohti is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In September 2017, authorities reportedly detained Tohti for illegally studying scripture. He was sent to…
Mehmut Eli is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On May 6, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Eli for illegally studying scripture. Eli was sent to…
Memet Sadir is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On May 6, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Sadir for illegally studying scripture. Sadir was sent to…
Nureli Sidiq is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On May 6, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Sidiq for illegally studying scripture. He was sent to…
Abdusemet Imin is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On October 7, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Imin for illegally studying scripture. Imin was…
Emer Mehmut is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On October 21, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Mehmut for illegally studying scripture. Mehmut…
Adil Tursun is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On October 24, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Tursun for illegally studying scripture. Tursun was…
Abdulla Emer is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On October 24, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Emer for illegally studying scripture. Emer…
Turghun Tursun is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On October 24, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Tursun for illegally studying scripture. Tursun was…
Ablikim Tursun is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On October 24, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Tursun for illegally studying scripture.…
Abdulla Emer is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On October 28, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Emer for illegally studying scripture. Emer'…
Bahargul Hashim is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On October 28, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Hashim for illegally studying scripture.…
Sattar Abliz is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On October 8, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Abliz for illegally studying scripture. He was sent to…
Tursunbaqi Tursuntohti is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On May 27, 2018, Tursuntohti was sent to Qaraqash No. 4 Camp, reportedly for…
Rozimemet Tohtimemet is detained in relation to religious instruction.
On May 19, 2018, Tohtimemet was sent to Qaraqash No. 4 Camp reportedly for sending his daughter to learn…
Merdan Helil is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Helil and sent him to a "…
Helil Hashim is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2018, authorities in Ghulja (Yining) city, Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (…
Nurmemet Hajim is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In December 2017, authorities in Beijing detained Haijm, who had studied at an Urumqi Islamic institute and abroad in Egypt…
Suleiman Bouhafs was imprisoned for his alleged expression about religion.
On August 25, 2021, three men in a black vehicle abducted Bouhafs – Chairman of the St. Augustine…
Behnam Akhlaghi was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On February 23, 2019, Akhlaghi was summoned to the Revolutionary Guard office and detained…
Mehdi Khatibi was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On February 23, 2019, authorities arrested Khatibi at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran…
Babak Hosseinzadeh was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On February 23, 2019, authorities arrested Hosseinzadeh while he was at a house-church. Other members of…
Shahrooz Eslamdoust was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On February 15, 2019, authorities arrested Eslamdoust at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran in…
Khalil Dehghanpur was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On January 29, 2019, authorities arrested Dehghanpur at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran…
Mohammed Vafadar was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On February 15, 2019, authorities arrested Vafadar at a house-church. Other members of the Church…
Hossein Kadivar was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On January 29, 2019, authorities arrested Kadivar at a house-church. Other members of the Church of Iran in…
Abdolreza Ali Haghnejad is detained for practicing his religion as a convert.
On January 15, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Haghnejad, a church leader, in Bandar Anzali for a…
Milad Goudarzi was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In November 2020, authorities raided Goudarzi's home and confiscated his personal belongings, including…
Ameen Khaki is imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In November 2020, authorities raided Khaki's home and confiscated his personal belongings, including…
Alireza Nourmohammadi is imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In November 2020, authorities raided Nourmohammadi's home and confiscated his personal belongings,…
Ali Aboluhom is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Aboluhom for allegedly expressing ideas about atheism online. Prosecutors charged him with…
Joshua Hilmy was forcibly disappeared for his religious belief and activity.
On November 30, 2016, Hilmy, who is a pastor, and his wife, Ruth Sitepu, were disappeared at the hands…
Hadi Rahimi was imprisoned for practicing his faith as a convert.
On May 14, 2020, Rahimi, a member of the Church of Iran, was taken into state custody after being unable to pay bail.…
Sakineh Behjati is imprisoned for practicing her faith as a convert.
On May 14, 2020, authorities took Behjati, a member of the Church of Iran, into custody after being unable to pay…
Umar Gautam is detained for his religious activity.
In June 2021, authorities arrested Gautam, a Muslim convert, Islamic scholar, and founder of the Islamic Da’…
Paruru Daeng Tau is imprisoned for his religious expression.
On January 15, 2020, police in South Sulawesi arrested and charged Tau, the head of the Organization for Implementing the Mandate…
Farid Zirgi Moghaddam is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In August 2019, intelligence agents detained Moghaddam in Birjand reportedly in relation to posts he made about…
Fariba Dalir was imprisoned for practicing her religion as a convert.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Dalir and five other converts from Islam to Christianity, including her at the time…
Ayub Pour Rezazadeh was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In September 2021, authorities arrested Rezazadeh, a member of the Church of Iran, and others in Rasht…
Ahmad Sarparast was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In September 2021, authorities arrested Sarparast, a member of the Church of Iran, and others in Rasht…
Morteza Mashhood Kari was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In September 2021, authorities arrested Kari, a member of the Church of Iran, and others in Rasht…
Gholamreza Keyvanmanesh is detained for practicing his religion as a convert.
On June 26, 2022, authorities arrested Keyvanmanesh and three others in Neyshabur as they gathered…
Reza Radmanesh is detained for practicing their religion as a convert.
On July 17, 2022, security forces arrested four Christians, including Radmanesh, in Neyshabur City…
Saman Ostovar is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Ostovar in Karaj after raiding his home.
On December 13,…
Afif Naeimi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Naeimi in Karaj after raiding his home.
On December 13, 2022,…
Homayoun Zhaveh was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Zhaveh and his wife, Sara Ahmadi, as they were on vacation with some…
Sara Ahmadi was imprisoned for practicing her religion as a convert.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Ahmadi and her husband, Homayoun Zhaveh, as they were on vacation with…
Mohammad Golbaz is detained for practicing his religion as a convert.
On July 30, 2022, authorities arrested Golbaz at his motorcycle repair shop reportedly after raiding his parents' home…
Redouane Foufa was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 5, 2022, police in Bejaia detained 24 Ahmadis, including Foufa, a coordinator of religious activities in Bejaia…
Khireddine Ahman was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 5, 2022, police in Bejaia detained 24 Ahmadis, including Ahman, and reportedly interrogated them for 14 hours…
Cherif Mohamed Ali was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 5, 2022, police in Bejaia detained 24 Ahmadis, including Ali, and reportedly interrogated them for 14 hours…
Joseph Shahbazian is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 30, 2020, authorities arrested Shahbazian, a house-church leader, following raids targeting house-churches…
Malihe Nazari was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 30, 2020, authorities arrested Nazari following raids targeting house-churches across several cities…
Dmitriy Dolzhikov is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On September 8 2022, authorities in Chelyabinsk arrested Dolzhikov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's…
Vasiliy Meleshko is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On August 11, 2021, the Abinsky District Court sentenced Meleshko to three years in prison for “participating in the…
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,…
Kamyar Habibi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 10, 2022, authorities in Karaj arrested Habibi reportedly for his being Baha'i.
On December 13…
Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo was detained for his religious conversion.
On December 15, 2021, authorities arrested Abdo, a Yemeni refugee, from his Cairo home. Abdo's arrest followed his…
Sanaz Tafazoli is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 22, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Tafazoli in Mashhad in relation to her being Baha'i.
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Anahita Khademi was detained for practicing her religion as a convert.
On January 3, 2023, authorities in Bandar Anzali reportedly arrested Khademi after summoning her. She was…
Mukhammadi Mukharramov is imprisoned for his religious activity and leadership role.
In 2016, authorities arrested Mukharramov, an imam, and accused him of teaching Salafism, a banned school…
Keyvan Rahimian is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 18, 2023, authorities in Tehran arrested Rahimian, a lecturer at an online Baha'i university, reportedly…
Sabin Yazdani is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces reportedly raided Yazdani's home in Karaj.
In February 2023, it was reported…
Mahsa Tirgar Bahnemiri is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Bahnemiri to two…
Rameleh Tirgarnejad is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces reportedly raided Tirgarnejad's home in Karaj.
In February 2023, it…
Elham Shareghi Arani is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Arani to three years…
Nakisa Sadeghi is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces reportedly raided Sadeghi's home in Karaj.
In February 2023, it was…
Sadaf Sheikhzadeh is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Sheikhzadeh to two…
Shahrzad Mastouri is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Mastouri to two…
Negin Rezaie is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2023, it was reported that the Karaj Revolutionary Court had sentenced Rezaie to two years and…