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Status

Not Released (944)
Released (533)
Unknown (231)
Deceased (9)

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Ethnicity

Han (274)
Crimean Tatar (62)
Uyghur (35)
Kinh (32)
Fars (28)
Jarai (22)
Tibetan (21)
Tajik (12)
Bahnar (11)
Arab (7)
Turkmen (7)
Uzbek (7)
Ede (4)
Hmong (4)
Hui (4)
Kurd (4)
Baluch (3)
Nu (3)
Amazigh (1)
Armenian (1)
Danish (1)
Kazakh (1)
Korean (1)
Mongol (1)
Unknown (1)
Yakut (1)

Facet Ethnicity

Perpetrator

China (578)
Russia (444)
Iran (254)
Pakistan (89)
Uzbekistan (82)
Vietnam (74)
Nicaragua (62)
Eritrea (34)
India (15)
Kazakhstan (14)
Tajikistan (12)
Azerbaijan (11)
Turkmenistan (11)
Indonesia (8)
Nigeria (8)
Saudi Arabia (8)
Algeria (5)
Egypt (4)
Malaysia (4)
North Korea (4)
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (2)
Houthis (2)
Burma (1)
Cuba (1)
Islamic State - West Africa Province (ISWAP) (1)
Sri Lanka (1)

Facet Perpetrator

Reason of Persecution

Religious Belief (1137)
Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting (526)
Religious Association (404)
Discussing Religion & Religious Texts (381)
Ethnoreligious Identity (283)
Possession of Religious Materials (272)
Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role (234)
Online Activity (177)
Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions (145)
Distributing Religious Materials (118)
Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech (108)
Blasphemy (Religious Figures) (80)
Criticizing Religious Freedom Conditions (77)
Unregistered Religious Activity (72)
Praying (69)
Religious Identity (65)
Religious Expression (63)
Religious Instruction & Teaching (54)
Human Rights Work for Religious Communities (53)
Proselytizing Activities (51)
Adherence to a Religious Figure (46)
Singing, Playing, & Producing Religious Songs & Music (43)
Blasphemy (Religious Texts) (42)
Practicing Religion as a Convert (42)
Conscientious Objection (40)
Religious Freedom Advocacy (36)
Education Rights (33)
Reporting on Religious Freedom Conditions or Documenting Religious Freedom Violations (32)
Women’s Rights (32)
Religious Appearance (30)
Resisting State-Imposed Religious Systems (27)
Civil Rights Work for Religious Communities (25)
Blasphemy (Other) (22)
Children’s Rights (21)
Travel Abroad (21)
Humanitarian Work & Charitable Activities (20)
Pilgrimage (20)
Expression about Religion (19)
Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands (16)
Managing a Religious Institution (14)
Blasphemy (Doctrine) (8)
Religious Business Activity (8)
Dietary Practices (6)
Resisting State Interference into Religious Affairs (6)
Legal Work for Religious Communities (5)
LGBTI+ Rights (5)
Non-Belief (5)
Religious Scholarship (4)
Transnational Repression (4)
Apostasy (3)
Memorizing & Reciting Religious Texts (3)
Translating Religious Texts (3)
Language Rights (2)
Religiously Based Political Activity (2)
Fasting (1)
(-) Religious Activity (1616)
(-) Blasphemy (General) (119)

Facet Reason of Persecution

Religion or Belief

Muslim – Sunni (356)
Christian – Church of Almighty God (263)
Christian – Jehovah's Witness (233)
Falun Gong (214)
Baháʼí (163)
Christian – Protestant (118)
Christian – Catholic (79)
Muslim – Unspecified/Other (63)
Christian – Unspecified/Other (55)
Yarsani (31)
Unspecified (30)
Buddhist – Unspecified/Other (27)
Buddhist – Tibetan (21)
Muslim – Ahmadiyya (19)
Muslim – Shi'a (18)
Christian – Orthodox (9)
Hindu (6)
Muslim – Sufi (5)
Buddhist – Hoa Hao (4)
Duong Van Minh (4)
Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (3)
Erfan-e Halgheh Practitioner (2)
Unknown (2)
Buddhist – Thien Am (1)
Humanist (1)
Scientologist (1)
Shamanism (1)

Facet Faith

Reports of Medical Neglect

No (1480)
Yes (62)

Facet Reports of Medical Neglect

Reports of Torture

No (1412)
Yes (141)

Facet Reports of Torture

Sex

Male (1154)
Female (528)
Unknown (47)

Facet Gender Identity

Type of Abuse

Imprisonment (68)
Detainment (66)
Forced Renunciation of Faith (7)
Disappeared (1)

Facet Most Recent Type of Abuse

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