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Rinchen Tsultrim was imprisoned for criticizing state policies restricting religious freedom.
On August 1, 2019, security officials in Ngaba (Aba) County, Ngaba (Aba) Tibetan &…
Lobsang Khedrub is imprisoned for his adherence to a religious figure.
In December 2015, authorities arrested Khedrub, a monk, after accusing him of creating a WeChat group to register…
Indriyanto is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In March 2020, police in Probolinggo Regency, East Java, arrested Indriyanto for sharing photos online that were considered offensive…
Muhammad Kece is imprisoned for his religious expression.
On August 24, 2021, authorities arrested Kece, a preacher, at his friend’s home in Bali after accusing him of posting videos on…
Apollinaris Darmawan was imprisoned for his religious expression.
In August 2020, Bandung police arrested Darmawan after he was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad and Islam on social…
Fansan Shahid is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In March 2022, authorities arrested Shahid at his home after he was accused of posting a blasphemous comment on Facebook. Authorities charged…
Ibtisam Mustafa is imprisoned for alleged blasphemy.
On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Mustafa over blasphemy-related accusations.
In July 2021, an anti-terrorism court in…
Arezou Mohammadi was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2017, security agents arrested Mohammadi and several other Baha’is following a raid on their homes in…
Atieh Salehi was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2017, security agents arrested Salehi and several other Baha’is following a raid on their homes in Birjand.…
Roya Melaki was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In October 2017, security agents arrested Melaki and several other Baha’is following a raid on their homes in Birjand. The…
Ataollah Melaki was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2017, security agents arrested Melaki and several other Baha’is following a raid on their homes in…
Farid Zirgi Moghaddam is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In August 2019, intelligence agents detained Moghaddam in Birjand reportedly in relation to posts he made about…
Noushin Jafari was imprisoned for blasphemy.
In August 2019, authorities arrested Jafari, a photojournalist and culture reporter, after accusing her of running a Twitter account that…
Parizad Hamidi Shafagh is imprisoned on blasphemy-related charges.
In February 2020, intelligence agents arrested Shafagh reportedly in relation to her social media activities.
In…
Shakila Monfared is imprisoned for blasphemy.
In August 2020, security forces arrested Monfared as she was leaving home, reportedly in relation to her social media activism.
In…
Ekpar Asat is imprisoned in relation to his ethnoreligious identity.
In April 2016, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Asat, founder of the Uyghur-…
Saeedeh Khozui was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On April 11, 2022, Khozui was reportedly arrested after appearing at a courthouse.
On May 24,…
Dadash Mazhenov was imprisoned for posting online religious content.
On April 23, 2018, authorities arrested Mazhenov in relation to posts he made online containing religious sermons in 2015…
Razi Humbatov is imprisoned for his religious association.
In July 2021, plainclothes officers arrested Humbatov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM) organization, for…
Sahba Farnoush was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 15, 2015, security forces arrested Farnoush from his home in Tehran reportedly on the 200th anniversary of…
Yusef Mehrdad was imprisoned and executed on blasphemy-related charges.
In May 2020, authorities arrested Mehrdad from his home in Ardabil after accusing him and others of being a member of…
Seyyed Sadrullah Fazeli Zare was imprisoned and executed on blasphemy-related charges.
In May 2020, authorities arrested Zare after accusing him and others of being a member of a Telegram…
Ayub Pour Rezazadeh was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In September 2021, authorities arrested Rezazadeh, a member of the Church of Iran, and others in Rasht…
Khadro Tseten is imprisoned for his religious expression.
On April 26, 2019, authorities in Tsekhog (Zeku)…
Amin Zolfaghari was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 21, 2020, intelligence agents arrested Zolfaghari at his home in Yazd.
On June 23, 2020, Zolfaghari was…
Mitra Bandi Amirabadi was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On May 30, 2020, security forces arrested Amirabadi in Yazd.
In September 2020, Amirabadi was…
Hiwa Yazdan Mehdi Abadi was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On May 30, 2020, security forces arrested Abadi in Yazd.
In September 2020, Abadi was released on bail…
Choekyab is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In November 2013, public…
Trinle Tsekar was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 20, 2013,…
Konme is detained for his religious activity.
On July 20, 2021, police in Ngaba (Aba) county, Ngaba (Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous…
Wangchug is detained for sharing religious information.
On or around March 8, 2019, authorities in Shigatse (Rikaze…
Tsultrim Gonpo is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.
On April 2, 2018, public security…
Rinchen Namdrol is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.
On April 2, 2018, public security…
Khyenrab is detained for activities in support of religious sites.
On April 2, 2018, public security officials in…
Jangchub Ngodrub is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.
On April 2, 2018, public security…
Dongye is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.
On April 2, 2018, public security officials…
Sogru Abu is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.
On April 2, 2018, public security…
Namse is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.
On April 2, 2018, public security officials in…
Namse is detained for activities in support of religious sites.
In February 2018, public security officials in Biru…
Tenzin Lhundrub is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In May 2014, authorities detained Lhundrub, a scholar and monk from Gom Gonsar Monastery in …
Lobsang Tenzin is imprisoned for his religious belief and adherence to a religious figure.
In June 2014, public security officials in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) arrested…
Ahmed al-Matrood is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On an unspecified date, Saudi authorities arrested al-Matrood for protesting in Al-Qatif governorate against the state's…
Khaled al-Ghanim is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On an unspecified date, Saudi authorities arrested al-Ghanim for protesting in Al-Qatif governorate against the state's…
Ali al-Ouwaisher is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On an unspecified date, Saudi authorities arrested al-Ouwaisher for protesting in Al-Qatif governorate against the state's…
Mujtaba al-Muzain is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On an unspecified date, Saudi authorities arrested al-Muzain for protesting in Al-Qatif governorate against the state's…
Lina Alsharif was detained in relation to religious freedom advocacy.
In May 2021, officials from the Saudi Presidency of State Security raided Alsharif’s home in Riyadh, arrested her, and…
Samin Ehsani was imprisoned in relation to her religious belief and activity.
In August 2011, authorities arrested Ehsani, a children's rights activist, after she went to court to resolve…
Asmaa al-Subaie is detained for her women’s rights activism critical of state-imposed religious systems.
In June 2021, authorities affiliated with the Presidency of State Security arrested…
Shaghayegh Khaneh-Zarin was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On June 26, 2022, security forces in Shiraz arrested Khaneh-Zarin and two others and took…
Negar Ighani was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On June 26, 2022, security forces in Shiraz arrested Ighani and two others and took them to an…
Zhila Sharafi Nasrabadi was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
In June 2022, security forces in Shiraz arrested Nasrabadi and two others and took them to an…
Fardin Naddafian was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2019, Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolution Court reportedly sentenced Naddafian to one year in prison on…
Hayedeh Ram is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In February 2017, intelligence agents of Bushehr province arrested Ram and several other Baha’is.
On an…
Le Tung Van is under house arrest for his religious activity.
On January 4, 2022, authorities searched the THIÊN AM BÊN BỜ VŨ TRỤ (TABBVT) Buddhist Monastery (also known as Tinh That Bong…
Le Thanh Hoan Nguyen was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On January 4, 2022, authorities searched the THIÊN AM BÊN BỜ VŨ TRỤ (TABBVT) Buddhist Monastery (also known as…
Le Thanh Trung Duong is imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On January 4, 2022, authorities searched the THIÊN AM BÊN BỜ VŨ TRỤ (TABBVT) Buddhist Monastery (also known as…
Le Thanh Nhat Nguyen is imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On January 4, 2022, authorities searched the THIÊN AM BÊN BỜ VŨ TRỤ (TABBVT) Buddhist Monastery (also known as…
Cao Thi Cuc was imprisoned for her religious activity and expression.
On May 12, 2022, authorities arrested Cao Thi Cuc, a member of the THIÊN AM BÊN BỜ VŨ TRỤ (TABBVT) Buddhist Monastery (…
Le Thanh Nhi Nguyen is imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On May 27, 2022, authorities arrested Nguyen, a member of the THIÊN AM BÊN BỜ VŨ TRỤ (TABBVT) Buddhist…
Sholeh Shahidi was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On July 13, 2022, authorities arrested Shahidi and her two sons in Bojnurd, North Khorasan province,…
Faran Senai was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On July 13, 2022, authorities arrested Senai, his mother, and his brother in Bojnurd, North Khorasan province…
Shayan Senai was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On July 13, 2022, authorities arrested Senai, his mother, and his brother in Bojnurd, North Khorasan…
Sepideh Rashnu was detained for resisting state-imposed religious dress.
On July 16, 2022, authorities arrested Rashnu following an altercation on a bus between a woman, who was…
Haleh Gholami was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On January 27, 2017, authorities arrested Gholami, a child rights activist, reportedly in relation to her…
Alhan Hashemi was detained for their religious belief and activity.
On July 18, 2022, security forces arrested Hashemi and four others in Shiraz reportedly in relation to their being…
Hanan Hashemi was detained for their religious belief and activity.
On July 18, 2022, security forces arrested Hashemi and four others in Shiraz reportedly in relation to their being…
Niloufar Hosseini was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On July 18, 2022, security forces arrested Hashemi and four others in Shiraz reportedly in relation to their…
Behieh Manavipour is detained for their religious belief and activity.
On July 18, 2022, security forces arrested Manavipour and four others in Shiraz reportedly in relation to their…
Mishak Manavipour is detained for their religious belief and activity.
On July 18, 2022, security forces arrested Manavipour and four others in Shiraz reportedly in relation to their…
Shahnaz Sabet is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On September 1, 2019, authorities arrested Sabet from her home reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.
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Shahram Najaf-Tomaraei was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 25, 2015, authorities arrested Najaf-Tomaraei reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i. They…
Nematollah Shadpour was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On July 19, 2022, authorities in Yazd arrested three individuals, including Shadpour, reportedly in relation…
Nima Shadpour was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On July 19, 2022, authorities in Yazd arrested three individuals, including Shadpour, reportedly in relation to their…
Shafigh Eslami was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On July 19, 2022, authorities in Yazd arrested three individuals, including Eslami, reportedly in relation to their…
Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani was imprisoned for her human rights work in support of the LGBTQI+ community.
On October 27, 2021, authorities detained Sedighi-Hamadani in Urumieh,…
Behnam Momtaz was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Momtaz in Qazvin after raiding his home.
On August 11, 2022,…
Saha Sabeti was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Sabeti in Sari after raiding her home.
On August 14, 2022,…
Saman Ostovar is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Ostovar in Karaj after raiding his home.
On December 13,…
Afsaneh Emami was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On February 2, 2019, authorities arrested Emami and searched her home, confiscating books, electronics, and other…
Hamid Naseri was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 11, 2019, authorities arrested Naseri reportedly in front of his business.
On April 26, 2019, …
Saeed Naseri was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 11, 2019, authorities arrested Naseri from his home in Tehran.
On April 17, 2019, Naseri was…
Afif Naeimi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Naeimi in Karaj after raiding his home.
On December 13, 2022,…
Mahvash Sabet is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Sabet in Tehran after raiding her home. Security forces allegedly…
Fariba Kamalabadi was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 31, 2022, security forces arrested Kamalabadi in Tehran after raiding her home.
In…
Houman Khoshnam was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
In September 2018, authorities arrested Khoshnam and several other Baha'is in relation to their being…
Elham Salmanzadeh was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
On October 16, 2018, authorities arrested Salmanzadeh in relation to her being Baha'i.
On December…
Payam Shabani was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
In September 2018, authorities arrested Shabani and several other Baha'is in relation to their being Baha'i…
Kianoush Salmanzadeh was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
In September 2018, authorities arrested Salmanzadeh and several other Baha'is in relation to…
Soroush Agahi was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
In November 2018, authorities arrested Agahi in relation to his being Baha'i.
In January 2019,…
Parvan Manavi was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On October 16, 2018, authorities arrested Manavi in relation to his being Baha'i.
On December 16,…
Jamileh Pakrou was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
In September 2018, authorities arrested Pakrou and several other Baha'is in relation to their being Baha'i…
Peyman Manavi was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
In September 2018, authorities arrested Manavi and several other Baha'is in relation to their…
Neda Shabani was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
In November 2018, authorities arrested Shabani in relation to her being Baha'i.
In…
Farid Alavi is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 2, 2022, authorities arrested Alavi during a state-run operation to demolish Baha'i homes and confiscate Baha'i…
Mahboubeh Misaghian was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 1, 2020, authorities reportedly arrested Misaghian and searched her home.
On June…
Mohammad Golbaz is detained for practicing his religion as a convert.
On July 30, 2022, authorities arrested Golbaz at his motorcycle repair shop reportedly after raiding his parents' home…
Salma al-Shehab was imprisoned for her women's rights activism opposing state-imposed religious systems as well as her religious identity.
On January 15, 2021, authorities arrested al-…
Zarvia Pervaiz was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In April 2022, 12-year-old Pervaiz, a Christian girl from Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, was abducted by a 40-year-old man…
Jagtar Singh Johal is detained for his religious belief and religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2017, over a dozen plainclothes officers arrested Jagtar Johal, a Sikh activist and…
Mohammad Chegini is detained for his religious association.
On August 24, 2022, authorities arrested Mohammad Chegini in Kerman under unclear circumstances.