Vladimir Bukin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 25, 2022, the Tyndinskiy District Court of the Amur Region sentenced Bukin to six years and six months in…

Valeriy Slashchev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 25, 2022, the Tyndinskiy District Court of the Amur Region sentenced Slashchev to six years and…

Sergey Yuferov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 25, 2022, the Tyndinskiy District Court of the Amur Region sentenced Yuferov to six years and six…

Mikhail Burkov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 25, 2022, the Tyndinskiy District Court of the Amur Region sentenced Burkov to six years and two months…

Farit Sharifullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In February 2020, authorities arrested Sharifullin after accusing him of organizing and participating in…

Marsel Gimaliev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In February 2020, authorities arrested Gimaliev after accusing him of organizing and participating in…

Parwa Behdad was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On November 14, 2022, authorities in Isfahan arrested Behdad from her home reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.…

Faezeh Abdipour was detained in relation to her religious association and activity.

On November 22, 2022, authorities arrested Abdipour in Gorgan under unclear circumstances. Her…

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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Shahin Gadirov is imprisoned for his religious association.

On November 23, 2022, Azerbaijani authorities arrested Gadirov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), on his…

Ruslan Suleimanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Suleimanov, a citizen journalist and activist from the Crimean Solidarity…

Yashar Muyedinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Muyedinov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing…

Rustem Sheikhaliev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Sheikhaliev, a citizen journalist from the Crimean Solidarity movement,…

Osman Arifmemetov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested and beat Arifmemetov, a citizen journalist and activist from the Crimean…

Akim Bekirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Bekirov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Seytveli Seytabdiyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Seytabdiyev, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…

Rustem Seytkhalilov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Seytkhalilov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing…

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…

Asan Yanikov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Yanikov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Eskender Suleymanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On June 10, 2019, authorities arrested Suleymanov, the brother of Crimean Solidarity activist Ruslan Suleimanov,…

Tofik Abdulgaziyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Abdulgaziyev, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…

Vladlen Abduklkadyrov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested and beat Abduklkadyrov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity…

Izzet Abdullayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Abdullayev, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing…

Medzhit Abdurakhmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Abdurakhmanov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…

Bilyal Adilov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Adilov, an imam and activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…

Remzi Bakirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested and beat Bakirov, a citizen journalist and activist from the Crimean Solidarity…

Riza Izetov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Izetov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Farkhod Bazarov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Bazarov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him…

Raim Ayvazov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On April 17, 2019, authorities detained Ayvazov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, at a border crossing…

Shaban Umerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Umerov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Rail Abdrakhmanov is imprisoned for his religious association and activity. 

On November 5, 2020, authorities in Kazan arrested several people, including Abdrakhmanov, for…

Vyacheslav Vankov is imprisoned for his religious association and activity. 

On November 5, 2020, authorities in Kazan arrested several people, including Vankov, for allegedly…

Lenar Mukhamadeev is imprisoned for his religious association and activity. 

On November 5, 2020, authorities in Kazan arrested several people, including Mukhamadeev, for…

Ilsur Galeev is imprisoned for his religious association and activity. 

On November 5, 2020, authorities in Kazan arrested several people, including Galeev, for allegedly being…

Erfan Osmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Osmanov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him…

Seiran Murtaza is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Murtaza, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him…

Alim Karimov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Karimov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…

Dzhemil Gafarov was imprisoned and died in state custody for his alleged religious activity.

On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Gafarov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement…

Khaled Al-Rashed is imprisoned for his religious expression and association.

In March 2006, Saudi authorities arrested Al-Rashed, a cleric, for his membership in the Movement of Reformers…

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…

Morsen Afrouz was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions and in relation to his religious association.

In November 2022, authorities in Firuzkooh reportedly detained …

Raif Fevziyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Fevziyev, an imam,…

Marlen Mustafayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On February 9, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Mustafayev and other Crimean…

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…

Ruslan Ilyasov is imprisoned for his religious activity and association.

In or around June 16, 2021, authorities in Kazan arrested Ilyasov after accusing him of leading a cell of the…

Marat Bazarbayev is imprisoned for his religious activity and association.

On July 6, 2021, authorities arrested Bazarbayev after searching his home. Investigators accused him of…

Vadim Nasyrov is imprisoned for his religious activity and association.

On July 6, 2021, authorities arrested Nasyrov after searching his home. Investigators accused him of…

Dzhebbar Bekirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Bekirov, after…

Zavur Abdullayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Abdullayev, after…

Rustem Murasov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Murasov, after…

Rustem Tairov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Tairov, after…

Ansar Osmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 9, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several individuals, including Osmanov,…

Ametkhan Abdulvapov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 9, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several individuals, including …

Radik Talipov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 22, 2021, authorities in Ufa detained several people, including Talipov, for their alleged membership to the…

Timur Khabibullin is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 22, 2021, authorities in Ufa detained several people, including Khabibullin, for their alleged…

Farit Kharisov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 22, 2021, authorities in Ufa detained several people, including Kharisov, for their alleged membership to…

Azat Lukmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious association.

On November 19, 2019, authorities in Moscow detained Lukmanov after accusing him of being a leader of the…

Timur Yalkabov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Yalkabov, accusing him of…

Lenur Seydametov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Seydametov, accusing him of holding…

Vadim Bektemirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Bektemirov among others after searching…

Zekirya Muratov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Muratov among others after searching their…

Ernest Ibragimov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Ibragimov among others after…

Oleg Fedorov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Fedorov among others after searching…

Emil Ziyadinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Ziyadinov among others after searching their…

Server Mustafayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On May 21, 2018, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Mustafayev, co-founder of Crimean…

Rustem Emiruseinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 14, 2019, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Emiruseinov among others after…

Arsen Abkhairov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 14, 2019, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Abkhairov among others after accusing…

Eskender Abdulganiev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 14, 2019, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Abdulganiev among others after…

Marlen Asanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

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

Timur Ibragimov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

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

Seyran Saliyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

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

Memet Belyalov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

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

Server Zekiryayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

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

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…

Edem Smailov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On May 21, 2018, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Smailov after accusing them of being involved…

Oleksandr Sizikov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Sizikov among others after searching…

Seiran Khairedinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Khairedinov among others after…

Alim Sufianov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Sufianov among others after searching their…

Azamat Eyupov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Eyupov, accusing him of being a member…

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…

Zhou Deyong is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On April 23, 2021, authorities in Dongying municipality, Shandong province detained Zhou and raided his home, confiscating Falun…

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…

Liu Aihua is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On July 7, 2022, Changsha public security authorities detained Liu for distributing Falun Gong materials.

On January 3,…

Marat Saybatalov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Alim Timkanov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including Timkanov,…

Damir Abdrafikov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Ruslan Bariev is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including Bariev…

Rafis Idrissov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including Idrissov,…

Farrukh Makhkamov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Shahboz Makhmudov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Turatbek Osmonkulov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Aidar Tashbulatov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …

Ruslan Fomin is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including Fomin, for…

Nikolai Ulitin is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In August 2022, authorities detained Ulitin, pastor of the Pentecostal Christ the Savior Church, following searches on…

Svyatoslav Yugov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In April 2023, authorities detained Yugov, former pastor of the New Generation Church in Chelyabinsk. Yugov…

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…

Khunar Agayev is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On November 23, 2021, authorities arrested Agayev for meeting to study the writings of Said Nursi. Authorities accused him…

Aydar Sageyev is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On November 23, 2021, authorities arrested Sageyev for meeting to study the writings of Said Nursi. Authorities…

Ernes Seytosmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 9, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several individuals, including …