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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…

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,…

Liu Junhua is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 24, 2017, officers from the Heze Public Security Bureau Mudan Branch arrested Liu while he was writing…

Wu Baozhen is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 24, 2017, officers from the Heze Public Security Bureau Mudan Branch arrested Wu while he was writing scrips for…

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…

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 her…

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…

Nahid Behshid was imprisoned for her religious expression and public support for a religious figure.

On January 28, 2019, authorities took Behshid into custody after a judge sentenced her…

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 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…

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 March…

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…

Chen Ziquan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 14, 2019, police from the Dongxiang District Public Security Bureau in Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province, detained…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Abdurehim Heyit is detained for his religious expression and ethnoreligious identity.

In April 2017, public security authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained…

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…

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…

Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is imprisoned for his religious expression. 

In March 2020, authorities arrested Sharif-Aminu, a musician and follower of the Sufi Tijaniyyah Order, for allegedly…

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…

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…

Lhundrub Dorje was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On July 14, 2020, authorities arrested Lhundrub reportedly for sharing images and teachings of the Dalai Lama online…

Rainur Ibatullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Ibatullin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Arslan Salimzyanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Salimzyanov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Airat Shakirov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Shakirov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Nail Yunusov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Yunusov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Hassan Farhan al-Maliki is detained for his religious expression and religious freedom advocacy.

In September 2017, authorities arrested al-Maliki, an…

Wang Weiqing is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On June 11, 2019, authorities from Jiujiang municipality, Jiangxi province, arrested Wang after accusing her of distributing Falun…

Ding Shumei is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On October 30, 2017, authorities detained Ding Shumei and Huang Liping after police allegedly caught them distributing Falun Gong…

Li Yanchun is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 25, 2018, authorities from Lulong county, Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province, detained Li and his wife, …

Pei Yuxian was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On November 25, 2018, authorities from Lulong county, Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province, detained Pei and her husband,…

Zheng Jinling was imprisoned for her religious activity.

On September 6, 2015, authorities from from Tongliao municipality, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), arrested four Falun…

Ding Lijie was imprisoned for her religious activity.

On January 7, 2019, police in Yushu city, Changchun municipality, Jilin province, detained Ding alongside two colleagues after…

Liu Fengbao was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On January 7, 2019, police in Yushu city, Changchun municipality, Jilin province, detained Liu alongside two colleagues after…

Guo Yuzhen was imprisoned for her religious activity.

On December 31, 2018, authorities detained Guo in Wukeshu town, Yushu city, Changchun municipality, Jilin province, for allegedly…

Ding Guozhu was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On June 21, 2018, authorities detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Ding, after they had allegedly shared information…

Zhang Chuanwen was imprisoned for her religious activity.

On June 21, 2018, authorities detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Zhang, after they had allegedly shared information…

Xu Junying was imprisoned for her religious activity.

On June 21, 2018, authorities detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Xu, after they had allegedly shared information about…

Yang Xiufang was imprisoned for her religious activity.

On June 21, 2018, authorities detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Yang, after they had allegedly shared information…

Wang Haichao was imprisoned for her religious activity.

On June 21, 2018, authorities detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Wang, after they had allegedly shared information…

Liu Jianhui is imprisoned for her religious activity and expression. 

On October 2, 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Liu. Reports…

Hu Yanling is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On October 11, 2018, authorities arrested Hu in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Reports suggest that…

Sun Ping is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On November 15, 2018, authorities detained Sun in Zibo city, Shandong province, for allegedly burning CDs and providing…

Abdulazeez Inyass is imprisoned for blasphemy.

In May 2015, Nigerian authorities arrested Inyass for allegedly saying that Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, the founder of the Tijaniya order to…

Reda Abdel Rahman was detained for his religious belief.

On August 22, 2020, security forces arrested Abdel Rahman, a teacher and َQur'anist blogger, alongside several relatives. A few…

Nazim Abdrakhmanov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Abdrakhmanov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam…

Samat Adilov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Adilov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.

On…

Zhasulan Iskakov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Iskakov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…

Esim Suleimenov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Suleimenov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…

Azamat Umbetaliyev was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Umbetaliyev for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about…

Zhuldyzbek Taurbekov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Taurbekov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about…

Dilmurat Sultanmuratovich Makhamatov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On December 19, 2018, Kazakh authorities arrested Makhamatov after reportedly forcing…

Nariman Seytzhanov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On January 15, 2017, authorities arrested Seytzhanov reportedly over a meeting he had in a coffeeshop in…

Ma Yitao is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On September 10, 2017, police in Bei’an city, Heihe municipality, Heilongjiang province, arrested Ma and two colleagues for allegedly…

Tenzin Tharpa is detained for his religious activity.

In June 2020, public security officials in Driru (Biru)…

Wangchug is detained for sharing religious information.

On or around March 8, 2019, authorities in Shigatse (Rikaze…

Lobsang Trinle is imprisoned for adherence to a religious figure.

On July 1, 2021, police in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba…

Omar Abdullah al-Saadoun is detained for her religious freedom advocacy.

In July 2021, authorities arrested Omar Abdullah al-Saadoun, a cleric and legal advisor, after he wrote an article…

Omar al-Muqbil is imprisoned for his religious expression and religious freedom advocacy.

In September 2019, authorities arrested al-Muqbil, a cleric, for a sermon criticizing concerts…

Jin Liyan is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On June 27, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Jin in relation to her production and…

Zhuang Youbu is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On July 1, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Zhuang in relation to her production and…

Chen Kaiqi was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 28, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Chen in relation to her production and…

Saleh Al Talib is imprisoned for his religious expression leadership.

In August 2018, authorities arrested Talib, an imam at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, following a sermon he gave criticizing…

Ioann Kurmoyarov was imprisoned for his religious beliefs.

On June 7, 2022, authorities arrested Kurmoyarov, a hieromonk, after he posted several videos on his YouTube channel outlining…