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Tsomo is detained for her religious activity.
On November 23, 2023, authorities in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained…
Nyidron is detained for her religious activity.
On November 23, 2023, authorities in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained…
Samphel is detained for his religious activity.
On October 25, 2023, police in Geding (Jiding) town, Sakya (Sajia) county, Shigatse (Rikaze) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, detained…
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…
Yidam is detained for his religious activity.
In January 2023, authorities in Dangxiong (Damshung) county, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, detained Yidam after he and…
Sonam Gyatso is detained for their religious activity.
On December 18, 2022, security officials in Rikaze (Shigatse) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained three Tibetans,…
Gonkyab is detained for their religious activity.
On December 18, 2022, security officials in Rikaze (Shigatse) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained three Tibetans,…
Dradul is detained for his religious activity.
On December 18, 2022, security officials in Rikaze (Shigatse) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained three Tibetans, including…
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…
Liu Xing is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2022, authorities in Daxing district, Beijing municipality, detained at least 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including …
Liu Yuhong is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2022, authorities in Daxing district, Beijing municipality, detained at least 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including …
Wu Aping is detained for her religious activity.
In July 2022, authorities in Xuanwu district, Nanjing municipality, Jiangsu province, detained Wu after raiding Xuanzang Temple. The…
Palgon is detained for his religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities in Guoluo (Golog) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, detained Palgon after he contacted…
Li Fangfang is detained for her religious activity.
On August 3, 2022, authorities from Tiexi district, Shenyang municipality, Liaoning province, detained Li for passing out Falun Gong…
Pan Hongming is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On August 11, 2022, authorities in Erdaojiang district, Tonghua municipality, Jilin province, detained four individuals,…
Yue Chunguang is imprisoned for his 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…
Óscar Escoto was detained for his religious belief and activity and his religious leadership role.
On August 4, 2022, the Nicaraguan police prevented several people, including Escoto, from…
Julio Sevilla was imprisoned for his association with a religious organization.
In 2023, Nicaraguan authorities detained Sevilla, a former employee of the Catholic charity Caritas in the…
Julio Berríos was imprisoned for his association with a religious organization.
In 2023, Nicaraguan authorities detained Berríos, a former employee of the Catholic charity Caritas in the…
Bladimir Pallés is imprisoned for his religious association.
In 2023, Nicaraguan authorities detained Pallés, a former employee of the Catholic charity Caritas in the Diocese of Estelí.…
María Verónica Herrera Galeano was imprisoned for her association with a religious organization.
In 2023, Nicaraguan authorities detained Galeano, a former employee of the Catholic charity…
Freydell Andino was imprisoned for their association with a religious organization.
In 2023, Nicaraguan authorities detained Andino, a former employee of the Catholic charity Caritas in…
Mariví Andino was imprisoned for their association with a religious organization.
In 2023, Nicaraguan authorities detained Andino, a former employee of the Catholic charity Caritas in the…
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…
Pablo Villafranca was detained for his religious activity and his religious leadership role.
On December 26, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities detained Villafranca, a priest at the Parish of…
Silvio Fonseca was detained for his religious expression and his religious leadership role.
On December 29, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Silvio Fonseca, the vicar of Family, Life…
Héctor Treminio was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 28, 2023, police arrested Treminio, parish priest of the Santo Cristo de Esquipulas Church in Managua and…
Carlos Avilés was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 28, 2023, police arrested Avilés, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Managua and priest of Cristo de las Colinas…
Fernando Calero was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 28, 2023, police arrested Calero, parish priest of Our Lady of Fátima in Rancho Grande, Matagalpa, after he…
Marcos Díaz Prado was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 28, 2023, authorities arrested Díaz Prado, vicar of the Santo Tomás Apóstol church of Puerto de Corinto in…
Mykel Monterrey was detained for his religious leadership role.
On or around December 29, 2023, police arrested Monterrey, parish priest of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria parish of the…
Raúl Zamora was detained for his religious leadership role.
On or around December 29, 2023, police arrested Zamora, parish priest of Jesús de la Divina Misericordia parish of the…
Gerardo Rodríguez was detained for his religious leadership role.
On or around December 30, 2023, police arrested Rodríguez, parish priest of Purísima Concepción church in Reparto Belmonte…
Miguel Mántica was detained for his religious leadership role.
On or around December 29, 2023, police arrested Mántica, parish priest of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Bolonia, Managua,…
Jader Hernández was detained for his religious leadership role.
On or around December 29, 2023, police arrested Hernández, parish priest of the Madre del Divino Pastor parish in Nejapa,…
Ismael Serrano was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 30, 2023, police arrested Serrano, parish priest of San Miguel Arcángel, Las Brisas, under unclear circumstances…
José Gustavo Sandino Ochoa was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 31, 2023, police reportedly arrested Sandino, parish priest of Our Lady of Sorrows parish in…
Alester Sáenz was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 20, 2023, Nicaraguan police arrested Sáenz, a seminarian, alongside Bishop Isidro Mora after the bishop…
Tony Palacios was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 20, 2023, Nicaraguan police arrested Palacios, a seminarian, alongside Bishop Isidro Mora after the…
Ervin López is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In December 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested López, a priest from the Diocese of León. His arrest came…
Francisco Odorico Castilblanco is detained for his religious belief and religious activity.
On January 2, 2024, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Castilblanco, a seminarian from the…
Salvador Paguaga was detained for his religious belief, activity, and association.
On October 7, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Paguaga, together with Father Yesner…
María Asunción Salgado is detained for her religious activity and association.
On October 7, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Salgado, along with Father Yesner Cipriano Pineda…
Jimmy Antonio Bonilla was imprisoned because of his religious activity.
On April 5, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Bonilla for allegedly participating in a Catholic Holy Week…
Emmanuel Gutiérrez is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On April 5, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Gutiérrez for allegedly participating in a Catholic Holy Week procession.…
Evelyn Guillén is detained for her religious expression and religious freedom advocacy
On August 5, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Guillén after she allegedly displayed a poster…
Alex Javier Gómez Bustos was detained for his religious activity and expression.
On August 5, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Bustos and Evelyn Guillén after they allegedly…
Zhai Xinping is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 12, 2022, police arrested Zhai Xinping in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic…
Yang Weihong is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 12, 2022, police arrested Yang Weihong in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic…
Zhao Guiqin is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 12, 2022, police arrested Zhao Guiqin in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic…
Du Meiling is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 12, 2022, police arrested Du Meiling in Zhoukou City, Henan Province for possessing Church of Almighty God electronic religious…
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 "…
Abdullo Shamsiddin is imprisoned for his religious association.
In January 2023, Tajik authorities detained Shamsiddin after he was extradited from Germany. Authorities charged him with "…
Nay Y Blang is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 18, 2023, Vietnamese authorities arrested Blang on accusations including “abusing democratic freedoms” (Art.…
Muhsinjon Ahmedov is detained for his religious activity.
On October 20, 2023, French authorities again detained Ahmedov, this time keeping him in a deportation center before…
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…
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…
Vusal Alish is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Alish, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, along with 30 others, accusing them of…
Ismayil Ismayilov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Ismayilov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, along with 30 others,…
Rashad Aliyev is imprisoned for his religious association.
In January 2023, authorities arrested Aliyev, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a deterioration of…
Javid Allahverdiyev is imprisoned for his religious association.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Allahverdiyev, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a…
Aslan Gasimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In June 2023, authorities arrested Gasimov amid a deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and a crackdown on…
Khayyam Karimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In January 2023, authorities arrested Karimov amid a deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and a…
Ding Zhongfu is detained for his religious leadership role.
In November 2023, law enforcement authorities in Hefei city, Anhui province, arrested Ding, an elder of the unregistered house…
Ikhtiyorhoja Kamolov is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2024, authorities in Sughd region arrested Ikhtiyorhoja Kamolov, imam of the Khoja Muhammad Balodurkun mosque in…
Bakhtiyor Akbarov is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2024, authorities in Sughd region arrested Akbarov, a religious leader of the Khoja Muhammad Balodurkun mosque in the…
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 “…
Frutos Constantino Valle Salmerón is detained for his religious association and leadership role.
On July 26, 2024, Nicaraguan police arrested Salmerón, a priest and the administrator of…
Harvin Tórrez was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.
On August 5, 2024, the authorities arrested Tórrez, parish priest of the Santa…
Jairo Pravia Flores was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.
On August 2, 2024, the authorities arrested Flores, the parish priest of…
Marlon Velásquez Flores was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.
On August 2, 2024, the authorities arrested Flores, a priest as…
Raúl Francisco Villegas is detained for his religious association and leadership role.
On August 2, 2024, the authorities arrested Villegas, the parish priest of the Nuestra Señora de…
Silvio Josúe Romero Juárez was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.
On August 1, 2024, the authorities arrested Juárez, the…
Ulises René Vega Matamoros was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.
On August 1, 2024, the authorities arrested Matamoros, the…
Victor Salvador Godoy Morales was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.
On August 2, 2024, the authorities arrested Morales,…
Edgar Luis Sacasa Sierra was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.
On August 1, 2024, the authorities arrested Sierra, the vicar of…
Danny Garcia was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.
On August 15, 2024, authorities arrested Garcia, a priest of the San Juan Bautista…
Leonel Balmaceda was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.
On August 10, 2024, authorities arrested Balmaceda, parish priest of the Jesús…
Denis Martínez García was detained for his affiliation with the Catholic Church and his religious leadership role.
On August 11, 2024, authorities arrested García, a priest and a…
Carmen María Sáenz Martínez is under house arrest for her religious affiliation.
On August 10, 2024, authorities arrested Martínez, who worked at the Diocese of Matagalpa on marriage…
Lesbia Gutiérrez is under house arrest for her religious association.
On August 10, 2024, authorities arrested Gutiérrez, the former coordinator of the Urban and Rural Financial Support…
Choi Chun-gil is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2014, North Korean authorities reportedly arrested and forcibly disappeared Choi Chun-gil, a South Korean…