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

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

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…

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…

Imin Damollam is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On an unspecified date, authorities detained Damollam, former Keriya People’s Political Consultative…

Ziyawudun Choruq is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On an unknown date in 2017, authorities in Korla (Ku’erle) city, Bayangol (Bayinguoleng) Mongol…

Mehet Omer is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In May 2017, authorities arrested Omer and held him for an unspecified period of time reportedly in relation…

Gheni Haji is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.

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

Memet Tursun Haji is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.

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

Imin Hajim is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.

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

Abdukhalil Abduzhabbarov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On February 18, 2017, Kazakh authorities arrested Abduzhabbarov, an imam, after extraditing him from Saudi…

James Su Zhimin was forcibly disappeared for his religious leadership role and activity. 

In March 1996, Su, an unregistered bishop in Baoding, Hebei Province, was arrested…

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…

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,…

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,…

Wangchen is detained for his religious activity.

In June 2023, police in Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained Wangchen while he was on pilgrimage with his family.…

Tsultrim Nyandrag was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

In December 2013, public…

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 …

Atollah Zafar is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Zafar reportedly in relation to his activities assisting Baha'i families…

Tsewang Norbu is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On June 9, 2022, police detained Norbu, a Tibetan pilgrim, after he protested his inability to enter…

Aleksandr Gabyshev is detained for his religious expression, belief, and activity. 

On January 27, 2021, authorities arrested Gabyshev and sent him to a psychiatric hospital after…

Ernes Ametov is imprisoned for his religious activity and alleged religious association.

On October 11, 2017, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean…

Shadi Shahidzadeh is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Shahidzadeh at her home in Tehran reportedly in relation to her being Baha'…

Mansour Amini is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Amini at his home reportedly in relation to his activities assisting Baha'i…

Valiollah Ghadamian is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Ghadamian reportedly in relation to his activities assisting Baha'i…

Ashyrbay Bekiev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

In August or September 2023, Turkmen authorities detained Bekiev after he had been deported from Russia following…

Sonam Gyatso is detained for their religious activity.

On December 18, 2022, security officials in Rikaze (Shigatse) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained three Tibetans,…

Gonkyab is detained for their religious activity.

On December 18, 2022, security officials in Rikaze (Shigatse) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained three Tibetans,…

Dradul is detained for his religious activity.

On December 18, 2022, security officials in Rikaze (Shigatse) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained three Tibetans, including…

Nizomiddin Nasriddinov is imprisoned for his religious activity and association. 

In July 2023, Tajik authorities detained Nasriddinov after he was extradited from Belarus. Nasriddinov…

Muhsinjon Ahmedov is detained for his religious activity. 

On October 20, 2023, French authorities again detained Ahmedov, this time keeping him in a deportation center before…