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Dong Mengru was detained for her religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities in Fugong county, Nujiang, Yunnan province, reportedly detained five individuals, including Dong…
Aleksey Ukhov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 22, 2020, authorities in Sovetskaya Gavan detained Ukhov after searching his home. Investigators accused…
Manahel al-Otaibi is imprisoned for her religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2022, Saudi authorities arrested al-Otaibi, an online fitness influencer, for opposing religiously grounded…
Jaime Iván Montesinos Sauceda was detained in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.
On May 23, 2023, police arrested Montesinos Sauceda, the parish priest of San Juan…
Eugenio Rodríguez Benavides is detained in relation to his religious beliefs and activities.
On May 20, 2023, police arrested Rodríguez Benavides, parish priest of Divina…
Leonardo Guevara Gutiérrez was detained in relation to his religious beliefs and activities.
On May 22, 2023, police arrested Guevara Gutiérrez, parish priest of Estelí…
Fatemeh Sepehri is imprisoned for criticizing state-imposed religious policies.
On September 21, 2022, security forces arrested Sepehri following the outbreak of nationwide…
Abdulmajid Moradzahi is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2023, authorities arrested Moradzahi, a prominent Sunni cleric, during protests in Zahedan…
Abdolaziz Omarzahi is detained in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On April 30, 2023, authorities arrested Omarzahi, a lecturer at the Makki seminary school…
Abdollah Barahouie is detained in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On August 12, 2023, authorities reportedly arrested Barahouie, a scholar at the Madineh al…
Fathi Mohammad Naghshbandi is detained for his religious activity.
On August 20, 2023, authorities reportedly arrested Naghshbandi, the imam and Friday prayer leader in Rask,…
Mohammed al-Ghamdi is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2022, security forces in Mecca arrested al-Ghamdi at his home. Prosecutors accused him of…
Anooshavan Avedian was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On August 21, 2020, agents with the Ministry of Intelligence Service arrested Avedian, a house church leader, after…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Abdulhannon Usmonov is imprisoned for his religious activity and association.
In January 2023, authorities from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Khatlon region arrested Abdulhannon…
Freddy Quezada was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On November 29, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Quezada, a professor, after he criticized the…
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…
Mirzoburhan Salmanzoda is detained for his religious activity.
In April 2024, authorities in Sughd region arrested Salmanzoda, a congregant of the Khoja Muhammad Balodurkun mosque in…
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…