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Hu Shigen was imprisoned in relation to his religious activity and religious leadership role.
On July 10, 2015, Hu, a pro-…
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…
Tashi Wangchuk was imprisoned for his religious and ethnic identity.
On January 27, 2016, authorities arrested Tashi, a Tibetan cultural and linguistic rights advocate, in Yushu (Kyegudo)…
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…
Aramais Avakian was imprisoned in relation to his religious identity.
On September 4, 2015, authorities arrested Avakian, a Christian fish farmer, after being accusing him of being an…
Bui Van Tham was imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.
On June 26, 2017, authorities arrested Tham following a state crackdown on a Hoa Hao Buddhist event in April 2017.…
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…
Le Thi Hong Hanh was imprisoned for her religious identity and activity.
On November 13, 2017, authorities arrested Hanh following a state crackdown on a Hoa Hao Buddhist event in April…
Naser Navard Goltapeh is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In February 2025, authorities detained Goltapeh and other Christians without charge and sent him to Evin Prison. …
Nguyen Bac Truyen was imprisoned for his religious freedom and human rights advocacy.
On July 30, 2017, Truyen, a lawyer and leader of…
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. …
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…
Sung A Khua was imprisoned in relation to his religious identity.
On January 2, 2019, Sung was sentenced to two years and two months in prison. Prior to the ruling, Sung and his…
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…
Stan Swamy was detained and died in state custody for his civil society work helping religious communities.
On October 8, 2020, the National Investigation Agency arrested Swamy, a Jesuit…
Zhao Huaiguo is detained for his religious activity.
On March 14, 2020, state security officials detained Zhao, pastor of the unregistered house church Bethel Church, from his…
Tan Defu was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 10, 2018, public security officials in Chengdu municipality, Sichuan province, detained Tan, an elder…
Rah Lan Hip is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In May 2019, state media announced that authorities had arrested Hip for "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 116/2015…
A Tach is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2012, authorities arrested Tach in relation to his activities with the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church. …
Runh was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2012, authorities arrested Runh, a house-church leader, in relation to his activities with the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church. …
A Kuin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2013, authorities arrested Kuin, a member of the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church, after he attended a prayer…
Kpuih Khuong is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2014, authorities arrested Khuong, a leader in the Degar Protestant Church, after accusing him of organizing meetings in support…
A Jen is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2015, authorities arrested Jen for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …
A Tik was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2015, authorities arrested Tik for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …
Ro Ma Daih is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Daih for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…
Puih Bop is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Bop for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…
Ksor Kam is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Kam for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…
Ro Lan Kly is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Kly for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…
Dinh Nong is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In September 2016, authorities arrested Nong for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…
Lisdiani Rodríguez Isaac was imprisoned in relation to her religious identity and activity.
On July 15, 2021, authorities detained Isaac, a member of the Free Yoruba Association of…
Lisdani Rodríguez Isaac was imprisoned in relation to her religious identity and activity.
On July 15, 2021, authorities detained Isaac, a member of the Free Yoruba Association…
Donaida Pérez Paseiro is imprisoned for her religious leadership.
On July 16, 2021, Cuban authorities arrested Paseiro, the president of the Free Yoruba Association of Cuba, an independent…
Loreto Hernández García is imprisoned for his religious leadership.
On July 16, 2021, Cuban authorities arrested Paseiro, the president of the Free Yoruba Association of Cuba, an independent…
Elizabeth Cintra García was imprisoned in relation to her religious identity and activity.
On July 15, 2021, authorities detained García, a member of the Free Yoruba Association of…
Jorge Naranjo was under house arrest for his religious identity.
On July 11, 2021, authorities arrested Naranjo, a member and the administrator of the Los Pinos Nuevos First…
Libi Marhabi is imprisoned for his religious identity.
In March 2016, Houthi forces arrested Marhabi for allegedly smuggling a Torah out of Yemen.
On…
Ali al-Nimr was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.
In July 2012, authorities detained Al-Nimr, the nephew of prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-…
Dawood al-Marhoun was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.
On May 21, 2012, authorities arrested al-Marhoun, who was 17 years old at the time…
Abdullah al-Zaher was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.
In March 2012, authorities detained al-Zaher, 15 years old at the time, for…
Waleed abu al-Khair is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In April 2014, authorities arrested al-Khair for legally defending religious prisoners of conscience, including Raif…
Suleiman Bouhafs was imprisoned for his alleged expression about religion.
On August 25, 2021, three men in a black vehicle abducted Bouhafs – Chairman of the St. Augustine…
Patrick George Zaki was imprisoned for his expression about his religious identity.
On February 7, 2020, authorities arrested Zaki, a graduate student and human rights researcher, at…
Joseph Zhang Weizhu is detained for his religious activity.
On May 21, 2021, authorities detained Zhang, the Vatican-approved bishop of the Xinxiang Diocese in Henan, the day after…
Khurram Parvez is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2021, authorities arrested Parvez, a Muslim human rights advocate in Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state.…
Gao Zhisheng remains forcibly disappeared for his work defending human rights and religious minorities.
On August 13, 2017, Gao, a human rights lawyer, was forcibly disappeared from his…
Murtaja Qureiris was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.
On September 20, 2014, authorities arrested Qureiris, who was 13 years old at the…
Israa al-Ghomgham is imprisoned for her religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In December 2015, Saudi authorities arrested al-Ghomgham, a well-known Shi'a activist, along with…
Mousa al-Hashim is imprisoned for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In December 2015, Saudi authorities arrested al-Hashim along with his wife, a well-known Shi'a…
Siddique Kappan was detained on for his religious identity and for reporting on religious freedom conditions.
On October 5, 2020, authorities arrested…
Umar Khalid is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
In September 2020, authorities arrested Khalid, a student activist, for leading peaceful protests opposing the religiously…
Khalid Saifi is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
In February 2020, authorities arrested Saifi, founder of the United Against Hate organization, for leading peaceful protests…
Meeran Haider was detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
On April 1, 2020, authorities arrested Haider, a Muslim student activist, after accusing him of inciting communal violence…
Sharjeel Imam is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
In January 2020, authorities arrested Imam, a Muslim student activist, for participating in peaceful protests opposing the…
Siu Hlom was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In August 2010, authorities arrested Hlom after a series of protests in Gia Lai rubber plantations. Authorities accused him…
Run was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2013, authorities arrested Run after authorities accused him of using his affiliation with the Ha Mon Catholic Church, a…
Dinh Yum is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2013, authorities arrested Yum, a house church leader, after accusing him of spreading Degar Protestantism, a…
Rmah Bloanh was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2014, authorities arrested Bloanh after accusing him of organizing meetings to establish support for Degar…
Rmah Khil was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2014, authorities arrested Khil after accusing him of organizing meetings to establish support for Degar…
Dinh Kuh was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2015, authorities arrested Kuh for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …
Rah Lan Rah is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2020, authorities arrested Rah following a crackdown on the First Christian Church, an independent house church…
Siu Chon is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2020, authorities arrested Chon following a crackdown on the First Christian Church, an independent house church.…
Ro Mah Them is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2020, authorities arrested Them following a crackdown on the First Christian Church, an independent house…
Lup is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2020, authorities arrested Lup. Authorities accused him of spreading Ha Mon Catholicism, a religious movement not…
Kunh is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2020, authorities arrested Kunh. Authorities accused him of spreading Ha Mon Catholicism, a religious movement…
Ju is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2020, authorities arrested Ju. Authorities accused him of spreading Ha Mon Catholicism, a religious movement not…
Y Tup Knul is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 6, 2020, authorities arrested Knul for his affiliation with the Degar Protestant Church, a religious movement not…
Wang Yi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 9, 2018, authorities detained Wang, pastor of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu and a former human…
John Cao was imprisoned because of his religious identity and missionary work.
On March 5, 2017, the Menglian County Police of Yunnan Province detained Cao, a pastor, humanitarian worker,…
Gulfisha Fatima was detained for her religious freedom advocacy.
On April 9, 2020, authorities arrested Fatima, a Muslim student activist, under first information…
Asif Iqbal Tanha was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On May 17, 2020, authorities arrested Tanha, a Muslim student activist, for rioting and attempted murder under…
Shifa ur-Rehman was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On April 26, 2020, authorities arrested ur-Rehman, a Muslim and president of Jamia…
Ishrat Jehan was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On February 26, 2020, authorities arrested Jehan, a former councilor, after accusing her…
Safoora Zargar was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On April 10, 2020, authorities arrested Zargar, a Muslim student activist and roughly three months pregnant at…
Fahad Shah was detained for reporting on religious freedom conditions.
On February 4, 2022, authorities arrested Shah, journalist and editor of the news website The Kashmir Walla,…
Hidme Markam was detained for her advocacy work to protect religious sites.
On March 9, 2021, authorities arrested Markam, an Adivasi Indigenous activist known for criticizing state…
Y Wo Nie is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 13, 2021, authorities arrested Nie, a member of an independent house church Dak Lak, for taking online…
Mohammed Issam al-Faraj is imprisoned for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
On June 29, 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting the state's…
Ali Hassan al-Faraj is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting against the state's treatment…
Ahmed Abdul Wahid is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting against the state's treatment of…
Ali Mohammed Al Bati is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested Al Bati for protesting against the state's treatment…
Mohammed Hussein Al Nimr is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested Al Bati for protesting against the state's…
Jalal Labbad was imprisoned and executed for his religious identity and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On February 23, 2017, authorities arrested Labbad from his family’s home…
Mahnaz Jan Nesar was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Nesar and several other Baha’is in Bandar Abbas reportedly for attending Baha’i…
Maral Rasti was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Rasti and several other Baha’is in Bandar Abbas reportedly for attending Baha’i…
Arash Rasekhi was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Rasekhi and several other Baha’is in Bandar Abbas reportedly for attending Baha’i…
Mehrallah Afshar was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Afshar and several other Baha’is in Bandar Abbas reportedly for…
Nasim Ghanvatian was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Ghanvatian and several other Baha’is in Bandar Abbas reportedly for…
Zya Minas was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In May 2022, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities arrested Minas, the mayor of Dadersh village in Dohuk…
James Zaya was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On May 11, 2022, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities arrested Zaya after local villagers protested the…
Liu Honggeng is imprisoned for his religious leadership role and for practicing his religion without state-approval.
On May 7, 2015, authorities in Baoding city, Hebei province,…
Shoma Sen was detained for her human rights and civil rights work for marginalized religious communities.
On June 6, 2018, police in Maharashtra arrested several…