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Raif Badawi was imprisoned for his religious freedom advoacy, expression about religion, and for criticizing religious authorities.
In June 2012, authorities arrested Badawi, a…
Mohammad bin Hassan al-Habib is imprisoned for his religious expression, leadership role, and religious freedom advocacy.
In July 2016, authorities detained al-Habib, a Shi'a cleric, as he…
Nguyen Hoang Nam is imprisoned in relation to his religious affiliation.
On July 24, 2023, authorities arrested Nam after accusing him of posting materials online that undermined…
Ahmad al-Shamri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In 2014, authorities arrested al-Shamri, accused him of using social media to insult or renounce Islam, and charged him…
Deng Chuangjiu was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In October 2017, authorities arrested Deng from his workplace after accusing him of using WeChat to disseminate…
Zhu Ya is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, public security officials from Huangpi district, Wuhan municipality, Hubei province, detained Zhu in…
Mo Xiufeng is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 2, 2017, plainclothes police officers from Lishui city, Zhejiang province, detained Mo after raiding her home…
Wu Lin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 21, 2017, police from Lishui, Zhejiang province, arrested Wu reportedly in relation to her religious leadership role,…
Wang Ruiling is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
August 31, 2017, officers from the Xuzhou City Pei County Public Security Bureau and the Zizhuang Town Police…
Xu Yanping is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 29, 2018, officers from the Poyang County Public Security Bureau of Shangrao city detained Xu reportedly in relation…
Wang Huanhuan was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 16, 2014, police from Ningguo City, Anhui Province, detained Wang reportedly in relation to her religious…
Ren Guixia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On February 18, 2015, police detained Ren at her home reportedly in relation to her religious leadership role, organizing of…
Luo Yanping was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On December 11, 2012, officers from the Tonglu County Public Security Bureau in Zhejiang province detained Luo reportedly for…
Xu Zhaoling was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 9, 2014, officers from the Public Security Bureau of Wulian county, Rizhao city, Shandong province, detained Xu…
Sun Xia was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 5, 2013, authorities detained Sun in Yaohai district, Hefei city, Anhui province, reportedly in relation…
Yan Fenglin was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 5, 2013, authorities detained Yan in Yaohai district, Hefei city, Anhui province, reportedly in relation to…
Wu Binrong was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 18, 2013, officers from the Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau Jiangning Branch detained Wu…
Feng Yimei was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In July 2014, authorities arrested Feng reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs, attending of religious meetings,…
Geng Hongmei was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 1, 2015, officers from the the Taixing City Public Security Bureau in Jiangsu province detained Geng reportedly…
Zhou Xiangyun was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 17, 2013, police in Yancheng city, Jiangsu province, detained Zhou reportedly in relation to his printing of…
Hu Weijun was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 17, 2013, police in Yancheng city, Jiangsu province, detained Hu reportedly in relation to his printing of…
Liu Xuemei is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 15, 2018, officers from the Kuitun City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang arrested Liu reportedly…
Wang Yuling is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2018, officers from the Kuitun City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang detained Wang reportedly in…
Wu Meixia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 8, 2017, officers from the Wuhai Public Security Bureau detained Wu reportedly in relation to her religious…
Li Tianhua was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 9, 2015, authorities in Wanzhou district, Chongqing municipality detained Li, a leader of the Church of…
Li Xiaochun was imprisoned for distributing religious materials.
In September 2019, authorities arrested Li after catching him handing out Falun-Gong-related materials.
In…
Zeng Yinlang was imprisoned for distributing religious materials.
In September 2019, authorities arrested Zeng as she was distributing Falun Gong-related materials in Susong…
Li Anqun was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On February 11, 2014, police arrested Li reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs. She had reportedly been…
Zhao Yuelian was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On April 22, 2015, officers from the Taiyuan Public Security Bureau arrested Zhao reportedly in relation to her…
Liu Jishui was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 30, 2017, officers from the Liuhe District Branch of Nanjing Public Security Bureau, Jiangsu province, arrested…
Zhu Huiru was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On December 13, 2012, police detained Zhu reportedly in relation to her printing of religious materials.
On…
Yu Hai is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2017, officers from the National Security Brigade of Chengde City Public Security Bureau detained Yu in the…
Yu Jianwu is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2017, officers from the National Security Brigade of Chengde City Public Security Bureau detained Yu in the…
Sina Dehghan is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
On October 21, 2015, authorities arrested Dehghan, who was 19-year-old at the time, after he…
Mohammad Nouri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In or around October 2015, authorities reportedly arrested Nouri after accusing him of posting anti-Islamic content…
Soheil Arabi was detained in relation to nationwide protests against mandatory religious veiling.
On January 2, 2023, authorities in Tehran arrested Arabi from his home under unclear…
Zhou Jiarong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On February 28, 2018, authorities detained Zhou reportedly in relation to her religious leadership role and printing of…
Wu Yanping is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 7, 2017, officers from the Wanzhou District Public Security Bureau detained Wu reportedly in relation to her…
Li Yuanyou was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In September 2018, authorities arrested Li for distributing Falun Gong-related materials.
In December 2019, Li was reportedly…
Bolatbek Dyusenbekovich Nurgaliyev was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Nurgaliyev for participating in a WhatsApp group chat…
Ernar Samatov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, Kazakh authorities arrested Samatov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…
Beket Mynbasov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, Kazakh authorities arrested Mynbasov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam…
Deng Cuiping was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 24, 2016, officers from the Public Security Bureau in Chengjiang County detained Deng and four others for distributing Falun…
Yao Guofu was imprisoned for distributing religious materials.
On December 5, 2015, plainclothes police officers detained Yao and his wife, Liang Xin, from their home in Nanyang…
Liang Xin was imprisoned for distributing religious materials.
On December 5, 2015, plainclothes police officers detained Liang and her husband, Yao Guofu, from their home in Nanyang…
Zhou Shuxian was imprisoned for distributing religious materials.
In July 2019, authorities arrested Zhou for distributing Falun Gong materials. It is reported that Zhou was beaten…
Fu Deju was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2019, authorities arrested Fu for distributing Falun Gong-related materials. Police reportedly confiscated cash from her…
Zhou Yuzhen was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Zhou in Jinzhou city after being accusing her of distributing Falun Gong materials. …
Wang Yingxia was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In August 2018, authorities arrested Wang for distributing Falun Gong-related materials. She was charged with "…
Li Guo was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In May 2018, authorities arrested Li while he was allegedly distributing out Falun Gong-related materials. Police reportedly…
Han Ling was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In May 2019, authorities arrested Han for distributing Falun Gong-related materials.
In December 2019, the…
Wen Yan was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On April 3, 2018, authorities arrested Wen while she was hanging Falun Gong-related banners.
In late 2019, Wen…
Taimoor Raza is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In April 2016, authorities arrested Raza after he was accused of insulting various Islamic figures on Facebook. …
Shafqat Emmanuel was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In July 2013, authorities arrested Emmanuel and his wife, Shagufta Kausar, for allegedly sending blasphemous texts.…
Shagufta Kausar was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In July 2013, authorities Kausar and her husband, Shafqat Emmanuel, for allegedly sending blasphemous texts. The…
Nadeem Samson was detained for blasphemy.
On November 24, 2017, authorities arrested Samson after he was accused of committing blasphemy on Facebook following a property dispute. …
Sunny Mushtaq is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In June 2019, authorities arrested 19-year-old Sunny Mushtaq and his friend, Noman Asghar, for receiving images…
Noman Asghar is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Asghar and his friend, Sunny Mushtaq, for receiving images deemed blasphemous via WhatsApp…
Patras Masih was detained for blasphemy.
On February 19, 2018, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of posting a perceived-blasphemous image on Facebook a few days before.…
Jiang Liyu was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In May 2017, authorities arrested Jiang for putting up flyers about Falun Gong.
In July 2018, the Shijingshan District…
Hu Mingfa is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 13, 2014, officers from the Lingyang Police Station of the Public Security Bureau in Qingyang county detained Hu…
Xu Yunxue was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In August 2014, officers from the Taixing City Public Security Bureau detained Xu reportedly in relation to her handling of…
Yan Shihua was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 27, 2014, authorities detained Yan in Yaohai District, Hefei City, Anhui Province, reportedly in relation to his…
Wang Guimin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On May 23, 2017, authorities arrested Wang reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs and work printing books for the…
Xu Guixiang was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On January 10, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Xu reportedly…
Tian Yiqin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In March 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Tian reportedly in…
Shao Xingfu is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Shao reportedly in…
Meng Lizhi is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 11, 2018, officers from the Yining City Public Security Bureau detained Meng reportedly for her religious…
Li Famei was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On March 25, 2017, officers from the the Fuyun County Public Security Bureau arrested Li reportedly in relation to…
Mubarak Bala was imprisoned for exercising his freedom of belief.
On April 28, 2020, Kaduna State police arrested Bala, president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, from…
Liu Xifang was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Liu from her mother's home in Huimin county, Shandong province, after accusing her of handing…
Yu Shourong was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Yu for talking to people about Falun Gong in public and distributing Falun Gong-related…
Shi Qiaoyun was placed under house arrest for her religious activity.
In May 2019, authorities reportedly detained Shi after accusing her of distributing Falun Gong-related materials…
Yu Zhi was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2019, authorities arrested Yu for handing out Falun Gong-related materials.
In April 2020, the Wangjiang County Court…
Dong Jinping was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2019, authorities arrested Dong for handing out Falun Gong-related materials.
In April 2020, the Wangjiang…
Wu Jianming was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 14, 2018, authorities arrested Wu for allegedly sharing information about Falun Gong and charged him with…
Pan Feng is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2018, authorities arrested Pan after accusing him of handing out Falun-Gong related materials.
On an unspecified date,…
Lei Anxiang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Lei after accusing him of handing out Falun Gong-related materials.
In…
Wei Zaiqiang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In December 2016, authorities arrested Wei after accusing him of leaving messages about Falun Gong in public areas. Police…
Shi Peiling was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Shi from her home after accusing her of passing out Falun Gong-related materials.
In May…
Ye Zhongqiu was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In November 2016, authorities arrested Ye alongside other Falun Gong adherents for passing out Falun Gong calendars.
In…
Annamurad Atdaev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Atdaev when he returned to Turkmenistan from Egypt, where he had been studying…
Murtiza Memet is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
On an unspecified date believed to have been in 2018, authorities detained Memet for reportedly sending “illegal…
Abdughappar Abdurusul is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In July 2018, authorities in Ghulja (Yining) city, Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture,…
Hebibulla Tohti is imprisoned for his religious scholarship and ethnoreligious identity.
In March 2017, security personnel in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (…
Buzeynep Abdureshit is imprisoned for her study abroad and ethnoreligious identity.
On March 29, 2017, public security officials in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous…
Turnisa Metomur is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity.
In September 2016, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Metomur after…
Qurbanjan Turdibaqi is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In January 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Turdibaqi after…
Mehmut Memet is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Uchturpan (Wushi) county, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Memet for…
Zafar Bhatti was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
On July 22, 2012, authorities arrested Bhatti, a pastor, after he was accused of sending text messages insulting the Prophet…
Nadeem James is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In July 2016, authorities arrested James after he was accused of forwarding allegedly blasphemous content to a friend.…
Nabeel Masih was imprisoned for blasphemy.
On September 18, 2016, authorities arrested Masih - a minor at the time - after he was accused of posting content on Facebook insulting the Kaaba.…
Sohail Masih is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2020, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of posting content on Facebook deemed to be blasphemous. Authorities charged…
Zheng Weidong was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2018, authorities arrested Zheng from his home following a wave of arrest of Falun Gong practitioners.…
Zuo Aifeng was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In March 2017, authorities arrested Zuo after accusing her of passing out Falun Gong-related materials.
In May…
Hu Yating was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In August 2018, authorities arrested Hu reportedly for passing out Falun Gong-related materials to a student.
In 2019, Hu was…
Jin Hong was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In December 2019, authorities arrested Jin after accusing her of handing out Falun Gong-related materials. Police reportedly…
Zhu Surong was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In October 2019, authorities arrested after accusing her of handing out Falun Gong-related materials.
In September 2020, Zhu…
Helil Hashim is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2018, authorities in Ghulja (Yining) city, Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (…
Abdulletip Abdurahman was imprisoned for travel-related reasons and his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, public security officials in Qaraqash (Moyu) county, Hotan (Hetian) prefecture,…