Meysam Azimi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Azimi, as…

Hamid Zandi Nejhad was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Nejhad…

Navid Hassanlou was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…

Seyed Foad Shah-Ebrahimi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…

Faezeh Ranai was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Ranai,…

Naghi Rahmani was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Rahmani, as…

Masoum Razavi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Razavi, as…

Hamid Afshari was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Afshari, as…

Rashid Mohammadi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…

Bardia Tajdini was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Tajdini, as…

Meraj Hemmati was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Hemmati…

Amin Malekzade was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…

Farzad Rahmatabadi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…

Seyed Fariborz Shah-Ebrahimi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…

Noshad Taheri was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Taheri…

Ali Nazari was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Nazari, as…

Seyed Farhad Zalnouri was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…

Seyed Fereydoun Taheri was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…

Mohammad Bahrami was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…

Ghadir Rahimi was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Rahimi…

Hamid Gorgin was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Gorgin, as…

Mehr-Ali Hemmati was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Hemmati,…

Nemat Pourvali was detained for their religious activity.

On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Pourvali,…

Sanaz Tafazoli is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 22, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Tafazoli in Mashhad in relation to her being Baha'i.

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Nima Mahin Bakht is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On November 21, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Bakht in Sari, Mazandaran province, in relation to his being Baha'…

Homayoun Khanlori is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 29, 2022, authorities in Rasht arrested Khanlori reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.…

Nasim Kashani Nejad was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 21, 2022, authorities in Shiraz took into custody Nejad and sent her to Adel-Abad Prison to…

Seyyed-Karam Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On December 1, 2022, authorities in Saveh reportedly beat and arrested Abbasi, a Yarsani…

Syeed-Amin Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On or around November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Abbasi, his brother Seyyed-Soroush…

Seyyed-Soroush Abbasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On or around November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Abbasi, his brother Syeed-Amin…

Boris Andreyev is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On October 6, 2022, authorities in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Territory, arrested Andreyev following searches on the homes of…

Natalya Sharapova is detained for her religious belief and activity.

On October 6, 2022, authorities in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Territory, arrested Sharapova following searches on the homes…

Anatoliy Li is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On October 12, 2022, authorities in Yaroslavsky, Primorsky Territory, arrested Li. The week before, authorities searched the…

Aleksandr Dubovenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 1, 2022, the Armyansk City Court of the Republic of Crimea - Russian-occupied Ukraine - sentenced…

Aleksandr Litvinyuk is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 1, 2022, the Armyansk City Court of the Republic of Crimea - Russian-occupied Ukraine - sentenced…

Rooha Imani was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On December 4, 2022, authorities in Kerman reportedly arrested Imani reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.…

Firoozeh Soltan Mohammadi was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On December 4, 2022, authorities in Kerman reportedly arrested Mohammadi reportedly in relation to her…

Vesal Momtazi was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On December 6, 2022, authorities in Rasht arrested Momtazi in relation to his being Baha'i.

On an unspecified date…

Farbod Alavi was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On December 4, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Alavi in relation to his being Baha'i.  He was sent to Evin…

Shahram Naderi was detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 6, 2022, authorities in Kermanshah reportedly arrested Naderi in relation to his religious…

Faraz Haghighatjoo was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On December 10, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Haghighatjoo in relation to his being Baha'i. He…

Pouya Nowroozi was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On December 11, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Nowroozi in relation to his being Baha'i.…

Mansour Safayi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On December 12, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Safayi after summoning him.

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Siavash Hayati was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Hayati alongside other other Yarsani…

Kaki Farzad Almasi was detained in relation to his religious belief and civil rights work.

On November 30, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Almasi alongside other other…

Mona Ghodrat was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.

On December 19, 2022, authorities in Yazd reportedly arrested Ghodrat in relation to her being Baha'i.…

Bardia Basiri was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.

On December 17, 2022, authorities in Tehran reportedly arrested Basiri in relation to his being Baha'i.…

Massoud Momtaz was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On December 10, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Momtaz in relation to his being Baha'i. Authorities…

Nakisa Hajipour is detained for her religious belief and activity.

On January 1, 2023, authorities at Hasheminejad Airport in Mashhad reportedly arrested Hajipour in relation to…

Anahita Khademi was detained for practicing her religion as a convert.

On January 3, 2023, authorities in Bandar Anzali reportedly arrested Khademi after summoning her. She was…

Yashar Rasti was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On January 4, 2023, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Rasti in relation to his being Baha'i. Authorities…

Maryam Nematollahi is imprisoned for opposing state-mandated religious veiling.

On October 13, 2022, authorities in Shiraz reportedly arrested Nematollahi, an Instagram influencer and…

Siamak Honarvar was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 6, 2021, authorities reportedly arrested Honarvar alongside other Baha'is for their religious identity…

Saeed Ettehad was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 6, 2021, authorities reportedly arrested Ettehad alongside other Baha'is for their religious identity.…

Reyhaneh Pakzad was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.

In January 2023, authorities in Zahedan reportedly arrested Pakzad for being Baha'i and supporting…

Ghazal Pakzad was detained in relation to her religious belief.

In January 2023, authorities in Zahedan reportedly arrested Pakzad for being Baha'i and supporting nationwide protests…

Matin Gorji was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity. 

On January 8, 2023, authorities in Qaemshahr reportedly arrested Gorji, a Baha'i. Authorities…

Valeriy Kriger is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 19, 2022, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region sentenced Kriger to seven…

Dmitriy Zagulin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 19, 2022, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region sentenced Zagulin to three…

Sergey Shulyarenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 19, 2022, the Birobidzhan District Court of the Jewish Autonomous Region sentenced Shulyarenko to…

Sergey Kardakov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Kardakov to six years and…

Sergey Yermilov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Yermilov to six years and…

Adam Svarichevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Svarichevskiy to six…

Anton Olshevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Olshevskiy to six years…

Sergey Afanasiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Afanasiyev to six years…

Mahsa Mohammadi is detained for blasphemy.

On October 30, 2022, authorities reportedly detained Mohammadi, a university student in Sabzevar, over a tweet perceived as blasphemous.…

Hani Gibran was detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On June 4, 2022, police arrested Gibran after he posted about the targeting of the Coptic Christian community on…

Tulkun Astanov is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy and for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On November 22, 2020, authorities arrested Astanov, a religious…

Gratia Pello was imprisoned for his religious expression.

In December 2022, authorities in Surabaya, East Java, reportedly arrested Pello, a professor at a Christian theological school…

Ishtiaq Saleem is detained for alleged blasphemy.

In November 2022, authorities in Islamabad arrested Saleem after he was accused of sharing content deemed blasphemous on social media.…

Lian Changnian is detained for his religious activity.

On August 17, 2022, police arrested Lian, who is a pastor, and two other members of the unregistered house church Church of…

Fu Juan is detained for her religious activity.

On August 17, 2022, police arrested Fu and two other members of the unregistered house church Church of Abundance in Xi’an city,…

Lian Xuliang is detained for his religious activity.

On August 17, 2022, police arrested Lian, who is a pastor, and two other members of the unregistered house church Church of…

Taras Kuzio was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 11, 2021, authorities in Yalta, Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Kuzio after accusing him of…

Sergey Lyulin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On August 11, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Lyulin after accusing him of…

Pyotr Zhiltsov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On July 29, 2021, authorities in Yalta, Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Zhiltsov after accusing…

Yegor Pogrebnyak was under house arrest for his religious activity.

On March 5, 2023, authorities in Vladivostok detained of several individuals, including Pogrebnyak, and searched their…

Yuriy Bycha was detained for his religious activity.

On March 5, 2023, authorities in Vladivostok detained of several individuals, including Bycha, and searched their homes.…

Sergey Novoselov was detained for his religious activity.

On March 5, 2023, authorities in Vladivostok detained of several individuals, including Novoselov, and searched their homes.…

Kishta Tutinova was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.

On February 28, 2023, authorities in Elista detained Tutinova after searching her home and confiscating a…

Anwar Kenneth was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In 2001, authorities reportedly arrested Kenneth after he was accused of writing letters perceived as blasphemous towards…

Mikhail Simonov is imprisoned for criticizing Russia's war in Ukraine with religious language.

On November 9, 2022, authorities in Moscow arrested Simonov over two social media posts he…

Nahaleh Shahidi is detained on a religious basis. 

On March 28, 2023, security forces arrested Shahidi, a Baha’i citizen and child rights activist, while she was traveling from Karaj…

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…

Nikolay Voishchev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 20, 2022, authorities in Maykop detained Voishchev after searching his home. Investigators accused…

Aleksey Trofimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Trofimov after searching the homes of several…

Dmitriy Malevaniy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Malevaniy after searching the homes of several…

Olga Panyuta is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Panyuta after searching the homes of several Jehovah…

Bakhrom Khamroev is imprisoned for his human rights work for religious communities and his alleged religious expression.

On February 24, 2022, authorities arrested Khamroev, a human…

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…

Jahongir Ulugmurodov was imprisoned for his religious activities.

On an unspecified date, authorities detained Ulugmurodov for downloading and sharing a religious song with some classmates…

Oybek Khamidov is imprisoned for his religious activities. 

On January 17, 2022, authorities arrested Khamidov for allegedly sharing illegal religious materials on social media to his…

Shahdokht Khanjani was detained in relation to her religious belief or activity.

On May 29, 2023, authorities arrested Khanjani at her residence in Samnan in relation to her being a Baha'i.…

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…

Nikolai Bogoslavsky is imprisoned for his religious affiliation.

In April 2023, the City Court of Anapa sentenced Bogoslavsky, pastor of the Evangelical Christ the Savior Church, to 1…

Ahmad Al Malahi was detained for his religious activity.

On May 25, 2023, armed Houthi forces detained 17 Baha’is, including Al Malahi, after raiding a private residence in Sana’a where…

Victor Ticay was imprisoned for covering religious issues.

On April 6, 2023, police arrested and detained Ticay, a journalist, for recording a banned Easter celebration in Nandaime and…