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Rustam Khalikov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On or around November 26, 2019, authorities in the Chelyabinsk region detained Khalikov after accusing him of the…

Akramjon Abdullayev is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On August 25, 2016, federal security service agents in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Abdullayev after…

Nematjon Isroilov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On August 25, 2016, federal security service agents in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Isroilov …

Enver Seytosmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On May 10, 2018, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Seytosmanov after accusing him of…

Riza Omerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On June 10, 2019, authorities detained Omerov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Enver Omerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On June 10, 2019, authorities detained Omerov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Aider Dzhepparov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On June 10, 2019, authorities detained Dzhepparov after accusing him of being a member of the banned…

Vladimir Balabkin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On September 13, 2023, the Belogorsk District Court sentenced Balabkin to four years in prison for “…

Nasrin Soutudeh was detained for her religious freedom advocacy.

In October 2023, Iranian authorities arrested Soutudeh, an Iranian human rights activist and lawyer, as she…

Yevgeny Bushev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 7, 2023, the Kalininsky District Court of Chelyabinsk sentenced Bushev to seven years in prison for “…

Aleksey Gerasimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 7, 2023, the Kirovsky District Court of Kazan sentenced Gerasimov to six years in prison for “…

Semkyi Drolma is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In October 2023, police in Damshung (Dangxiong) county, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, detained Drolma for…

Zurab Dzhabrailov is detained for his religious activity.

On August 1, 2023, authorities in Moscow detained Dzhabrailov and another individual for participating in meetings to study…

Jeyhun Rustamov is detained for his religious activity.

On August 1, 2023, authorities in Moscow detained Dzhabrailov and another individual for participating in meetings to study the…

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…

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…

Wan Changchun is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On April 11, 2023, authorities from Yuhui district, Bengbu municipality, Anhui province detained Wan, a pastor from the…

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,…

Isidro Mora was detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions and for his religious leadership role.

On December 20, 2023, Nicaraguan police arrested Mora, a bishop from the…

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…

Mariam Al Qisoom is imprisoned for her religious freedom advocacy. 

In February 2019, authorities arrested Qisoom for her human rights advocacy on behalf of Shi'a minorities in…

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…

Freddy Quezada was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On November 29, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Quezada, a professor, after he criticized the…

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…

Carlos Alberto Bojorge Martínez was detained for his religious freedom advocacy.

On January 1, 2024, Martínez attended mass wearing a shirt that referenced the Nicaraguan government's…

Asadullo Madraimov is imprisoned for his criticism of religious freedom violations. 

In October 2023, Kyrgyz authorities arrested Madraimov for participating in a video that protested…

Mamirzhan Tashmatov was imprisoned for his criticism of religious freedom violations. 

On October 18, 2023, Kyrgyz authorities arrested Madraimov for participating in a video that…

Assad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi was sentenced on religious-based charges related to social media activity criticizing the Saudi government, including the authorities’ sidelining of the Saudi religious…

Abdumutal Abdurahimov is imprisoned for his independent religious activity.

In May 2024, the Bog’dod District Court sentenced Abdurahimov to 12 years in prison for his affiliation with the…

Faryozbek Kobilov is imprisoned for gathering to discuss religion.

Fitsum-Berhan Gebrenegus is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.

In November 2004, Eritrean police authorities arrested Gebrenegus, an Eritrean Orthodox priest at the…

Gebremedhin Gebregergis is detained for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In November 2004, Eritrean police authorities arrested Gebregergis, a theologian and Eritrean…

Mussie Ezaz is detained for his religious activity. 

In September 2007, authorities arrested Ezaz, an evangelist of 14 years and leader of the unregistered evangelical Kale Hiwot (Word…

Umar Khalimov is in a labor camp for his independent religious activity.

On June 18, 2024, police arrested Khalimov and seven other Muslims after six of them had attended a meal at the home…

Sardor Jurayev is in a labor camp for his independent religious activity.

On June 18, 2024, police arrested Jurayev and seven other Muslims, after six of them had attended a meal at the home…

Laziz Vokhidov is imprisoned for his independent religious activity.

On June 18, 2024, police arrested Vokhidov and seven other Muslims after six of them had attended a meal at the home of a…

Jamshid Abdirakhimov is in a labor camp for his independent religious activity.

On June 18, 2024, police arrested Abdirakhimov and seven other Muslims after six of them had attended a meal…

Gaybullo Jalilov is imprisoned for his independent religious activity.

On June 18, 2024, police arrested Jalilov and seven other Muslims after six of them had attended a meal at the home of…

Anvar Abdullayev is imprisoned for his independent religious activity.

On June 18, 2024, police arrested Abdullayev and other Muslims he was associated with after some of their group had…