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Gulmira Imin is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity and protesting against Uyghur treatment.

On July 14, 2009, Imin, web administrator for the Uighur-language website Salkin, was…

Hu Shigen was imprisoned in relation to his religious activity and religious leadership role. 

On July 10, 2015, Hu, a pro-…

Vladimir Atrуakhin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On February 6, 2019, authorities arrested Atrуakhin, a programmer, following a raid on his home.  He was…

Kidane Weldou is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.

In March 2005, authorities forcibly disappeared Weldou from the streets of Asmara, leaving his car abandoned. Weldou…

Haile Naizghe is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.

In May 2004, authorities arrested Naizghe, a pastor of the Full Gospel Church, which was part of a network of banned…

Meron Gebreselasie is detained for his religious leadership role. 

In June 2004, authorities arrested Gebreselasie, pastor of Massawa Rhema Evangelical Church, for his leadership…

Kiflu Gebremeskel is detained for his religious activity and leadership role. 

In May 2004, Eritrean authorities arrested Gebremeskel, a pastor of the banned Southwest Full Gospel…

Renat Suleimanov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 2, 2017, authorities arrested Suleimanov following a raid on his home in Molodezhnoe, Crimea.…

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…

Zhu Jinlian is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On September 30, 2017, police from Pingyuan dounty, Shandong province, detained Zhu reportedly in relation to her religious…

Gong Xingqi was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 17, 2016, the police in Weifang city, Shandong province detained Gong reportedly in relation to his religious…

Zheng Shihong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On October 17, 2016, the police in Weifang city, Shandong province, detained Zheng reportedly in relation to her…

Yang Xia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On October 17, 2016, the police in Weifang city, Shandong province, detained Yang reportedly in relation to her religious…

Li Huaxian was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On August 23, 2014, authorities in Jinxiang county arrested Li reportedly while she was preaching in Mengdian…

Li Naiyang was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On June 25, 2014, officers from the Wulian County Public Security Bureau in Shandong province arrested Li reportedly in…

Pei Jing was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On December 12, 2012, officers from the Pengdian Township Police Station of Xi county, Xinyang city, Henan province,…

Song Rongmin was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On December 12, 2012, officers from the Pengdian Township Police Station of Xi county, Xinyang city, Henan…

Lin Weiping is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On December 25, 2017, officers from the Yanling County Public Security Bureau in Xuchang city, Henan province, detained Lin…

Bai Xiujie was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On September 26, 2013, authorities arrested Bai in relation to her religious beliefs and evangelizing activities.

Hu Wenlan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 3, 2018, officers from the Yining City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang detained Hu, a member of the Church of…

Zhang Xue is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In November 2018, officers from the Yining City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang detained Zhang reportedly in relation to…

Huang Qiuxiang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 29, 2018, police from the Yining City Public Security Bureau in Xinjiang detained Huang reportedly in…

Gulshan Abbas is imprisoned in relation to her ethnoreligious identity. 

On September 11, 2018, authorities in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) forcibly…

Zhao Haibin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 17, 2017, officers from the Yangcheng Public Security Bureau of Jincheng detained Zhao reportedly in relation to…

Xiong Qunqun is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On June 29, 2018, officers from the Linchuan Branch of Fuzhou Public Security Bureau detained Xiong reportedly in…

Li Fasheng is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

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

Chen Tingting is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 15, 2018, police from the Gaoqing County Public Security Burea detained Chen in relation to her religious…

Yin Xue is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 16, 2018, officers from the Gaoqing County Public Security Bureau detained Yin reportedly in relation to her…

Aishanjiang Kari is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities detained Kari, a textile trader, amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in…

Ksor Ruk is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On October 30, 2018, authorities arrested Ruk, a missionary and religious leader.  Authorities accused him of reviving Degar…

Siu Doang is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Doang, a house-church leader, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government.…

Ro Mah Pla was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In 2013, authorities arrested Pla after accusing him of taking direction from Montagnards overseas to spread Degar…

Siu Dik is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Dik, a deacon, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government.  Authorities…

Ksor Phit is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Phit, a deacon, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …

Ksor Pup is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Pup, a house-church leader, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …

Hu Mei was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In May 2016, officers from the Xuzhou Economic Development Zone Public Security Bureau detained Hu reportedly in relation to her…

Hu Xiuzhen was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On March 20, 2015, officers from the Feng County Public Security Bureau in Jiangsu province detained Hu reportedly in…

Y Yich was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On May 13, 2013, authorities arrested Yich, a pastor in the Degar Protestant Church, after accusing him of spreading Degar Protestantism, a…

Adil Tuniyaz is detained for translating religious texts and for his ethnoreligious identity. 

On or around December 25, 2017, …

Y Pum Bya is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 10, 2018, Vietnamese authorities arrested Y Pum Bya, a church leader, after accusing him of spreading false…

Y Min Ksor is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In April 2018, authorities arrested Ksor, a member of the unregistered Good News Missionary Church, during a police raid on a house…

Hemdulla Abdurahman is detained for his ethnoreligious identity. 

In January 2019, authorities detained Abdurahman, a retired linguist who previously worked at the Xinjiang Uyghur…

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…

Adil Mijit was detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In November 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Mijit, a comedian, and sent him to a reeducation…

Abdughappar Abdurusul is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In July 2018, authorities in Ghulja (Yining) city, Ili (Yili) Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture,…

Perhat Tursun is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In early 2018, Tursun, a writer and poet, disappeared. There are reports that he was detained by Xinjiang Uyghur…

Ablikim Memtimin is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities detained Memtimin reportedly in relation to either his travel to Turkey or his memorization of the Qur'an…

Abdujelil Hajim is detained for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained several Uyghur…

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

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

Qadir Rehim is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In April 2017, authorities in Kashgar city, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR),…

Munewwer Rehim is imprisoned for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In April 2017, authorities in Kashgar city, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR…

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…

Yalqun Rozi is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity. 

In late 2016, authorities in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Rozi, a literary…

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…

Shir'eli Perhat is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In March 2017, public security officials in Urumqi municipality, 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…

Sadir Eli is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.

In June 2018, authorities detained Eli under unclear circumstances. Eli's arrest came amid mass detentions of ethnic, mostly Muslim…

Mutellip Sidiq Qahiri is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious scholarship.

In or around November 2018, authorities in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur…

Rejepniyaz Hebibulla is detained for his ethnoreligious identity and religiously oriented business. 

In late 2017 or early 2018, authorities detained Hebibulla and sent him to an…

Nurmemet Memetimin is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious activity. 

In May 2018, authorities detained Memetimin and sent him to an internment camp reportedly in…

Qurbanjan Abdusemet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religiously oriented business activity. 

In 2009, authorities detained Abdusemet and his brother reportedly for…

Merdan Seyitahun is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Seyitakhun,…

Seydehmet Awut was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Awut, reportedly for…

Erkin Emet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Emet, reportedly for teaching…

Abdujelil Abdughopur was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including …

Abdulitip Ablimit was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On June 5, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Ablimit,…

Mewlanjan Ehmet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On March 29, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Ehmet, reportedly for…

Dolqun Erkin was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 16, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Erkin, reportedly for…

Omerjan Memet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On May 7, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Memet, reportedly for…

Mutellip Rozi was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 16, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Rozi, reportedly…

Ayshemhan Yasin was detained for her ethnoreligious identity and for going on pilgrimage. 

In late 2017, authorities in Turpan municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (…

Memet Ismayil was detained for his ethnoreligious identity and for going on pilgrimage. 

In late 2017, authorities in Turpan municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region…

Mehmud Muhemmet was detained for his ethnoreligious identity and religious education. 

In late 2017, authorities detained Muhemmet, a farmer from Turpan, reportedly for "illegally'…

Iminjan Seydin is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious scholarship.

In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Seydina,…

Eli Abdulla is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and philanthropy. 

In mid-2016, Abdulla, a well-known businessman, went missing.  He was presumed to have been arrested…

Tursun Qawul is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Qawul for attending an illegal religious gathering and…

Shireli Memeteli is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.

In November 2018, authorities detained Memeteli, a taxi driver, reportedly for transporting a religious figure and receiving…

Memet Ablet is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious activity.

In early 2018,authorities arrested Ablet, a businessperson and shop owner, reportedly in relation to his…

Bahargul Atawulla is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Atawulla for attending an illegal religious…

Imin Mehmut is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On September 29, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Mehmut for attending an illegal religious…

Ablikim Ablet is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On October 24, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Ablet for attending an illegal religious…

Mutellip Memet is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On October 3, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Memet for illegally studying scripture. Memet was…

Adil Osman is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Osman for illegally studying scripture. Osman was sent to…

Horigul Emer is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Emer for attending an illegal religious…

Chimengul Hoshur is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Hoshur for attending an illegal religious…

Buzohre Ziyit is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Ziyit for attending an illegal religious…

Nurmemet Obul is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Obul for attending an illegal religious gathering and…

Yusup Memet is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Memet for attending an illegal religious gathering and…

Erkin Ablet is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Ablet for attending an illegal religious gathering and…

Ekber Memet is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Memet for illegally studying scripture. Memet…

Kerim Tohti is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In September 2017, authorities reportedly detained Tohti for illegally studying scripture. He was sent to…

Mehmut Eli is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On May 6, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Eli for illegally studying scripture. Eli was sent to…

Memet Sadir is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On May 6, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Sadir for illegally studying scripture. Sadir was sent to…

Nureli Sidiq is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On May 6, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Sidiq for illegally studying scripture. He was sent to…

Abdusemet Imin is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On October 7, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Imin for illegally studying scripture. Imin was…

Emer Mehmut is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On October 21, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Mehmut for illegally studying scripture. Mehmut…

Adil Tursun is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On October 24, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Tursun for illegally studying scripture. Tursun was…

Abdulla Emer is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On October 24, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Emer for illegally studying scripture. Emer…