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Abdul Rashid Dawoodi is detained in relation to his religious leadership role.

On or around September 16, 2022, police in Jammu and Kashmir arrested Dawoodi, a cleric and founder of the…

Alimardon Sultanov is imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On January 18, 2022, authorities arrested Sultanov, who was known for discussing religious freedom issues,…

Tulkun Astanov is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy and for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On November 22, 2020, authorities arrested Astanov, a religious freedom…

Oscar Benavidez was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On August 14, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Benavidez, a priest, after he performed mass. Benavidez…

Hani Gibran was detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On June 4, 2022, police arrested Gibran after he posted about the targeting of the Coptic Christian community on…

Abdolhamid Masoumi Tehrani was detained in relation to criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On October 16, 2022, authorities in Tehran reportedly arrested Tehrani, an ayatollah and…

Enrique Martínez was detained for his religious leadership role.

On October 13, 2022, authorities reportedly violently arrested Martínez, the parish priest of St. Martha’s Church in…

Ma Like is detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

In April 2017, authorities in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Ma reportedly for “…

Cui Haoxin is detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On January 14, 2020, authorities in Ji’nan municipality, Shandong province, detained Cui, a religious poet, reportedly…

Javed Mohammed is detained for his religious identity, criticizing religious freedom conditions, and community leadership role in protesting religious freedom conditions.

On June 11, 2022…