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Zhuldyzbek Taurbekov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Taurbekov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about…

Dilmurat Sultanmuratovich Makhamatov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On December 19, 2018, Kazakh authorities arrested Makhamatov after reportedly forcing…

Galymzhan Abilkairov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On April 23, 2018, authorities arrested Abilkairov reportedly following an investigation into sermons he…

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…

Nariman Seytzhanov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On January 15, 2017, authorities arrested Seytzhanov reportedly over a meeting he had in a coffeeshop in…

Sirojiddin Abdurahmonov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In November 2020, authorities arrested Abdurahmonov, an imam, following a raid on his apartment while he was teaching…

Mahmadsodyk Sayidov is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In March 2021, authorities arrested Sayidov, an imam, after he refused to give a state-provided sermon at his mosque.

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Abdugafor Rajabov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In March 2021, authorities arrested Rajabov after an imam at his mosque refused to give a state-provided sermon.

Aslamkhon Karimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In March 2021, authorities arrested Karimov after an imam at his mosque refused to give a state-provided sermon.

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Milad Goudarzi was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert. 

In November 2020, authorities raided Goudarzi's home and confiscated his personal belongings, including…

Ameen Khaki is imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert. 

In November 2020, authorities raided Khaki's home and confiscated his personal belongings, including…

Alireza Nourmohammadi is imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.

In November 2020, authorities raided Nourmohammadi's home and confiscated his personal belongings,…

Joshua Hilmy was forcibly disappeared for his religious belief and activity. 

On November 30, 2016, Hilmy, who is a pastor, and his wife, Ruth Sitepu, were disappeared at the hands…

Ruth Sitepu was forcibly disappeared for her religious identity. 

On November 30, 2016, Sitepu and her husband, Joshua Hilmy, were disappeared at the hands of authorities or…

Sun Zhifen is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On June 25, 2018, authorities in Yingze district, Taiyuan municipality, Shanxi province, arrested Sun in her apartment…

Wang Suping is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On June 25, 2018, authorities in Yingze district, Taiyuan municipality, Shanxi province, arrested Wang at her home. …

Guo Yanda was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On April 18, 2012, authorities in Zhanqian District, Yingkou Municipality, Liaoning Province, arrested Guo alongside eight other…

Zhang Hongzhu is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On October 8, 2017, authorities in Bayan County, Harbin Municipality, Heilongjiang Province, arrested Zhang and charged…

Wu Chunxiong is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On May 22, 2017, authorities from Jieyang municipality, Guangdong province, arrested Wu alongside four other Falun Gong…

Tang Jianqun is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On May 22, 2017, authorities from Jieyang municipality, Guangdong province, arrested Tang alongside four other Falun…

Shi Fenglan is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

Between August 31, 2017, to October 13, 2017, public security officials in Yilan county, Harbin municipality, and…

Lin Jiangmei was imprisoned for her religious activity.

On November 9, 2015, authorities detained Lin alongside two others in Chaoyang municipality, Liaoning province. Officials reportedly…

Ma Yitao is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On September 10, 2017, police in Bei’an city, Heihe municipality, Heilongjiang province, arrested Ma and two colleagues for allegedly…

Zhang Qingxiang is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On June 25, 2018, police arrested Zhang at her home in Xiaodian district. Her arrest coincided with the arrest of seven…

Tian Yuqin is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On June 25, 2018, authorities in Yingze district, Taiyuan municipality, Shanxi province, arrested Tian in a colleague's…

Luo Baojun was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On June 25, 2018, authorities in Yingze district, Taiyuan municipality, Shanxi province, arrested Luo in a colleague's…

Song Konghua was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

Between August 31, 2017, to October 13, 2017, public security officials in Yilan county, Harbin municipality, and…

Zeng Huaying was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On June 20, 2018, police in Meizhou municipality, Guangdong province, arrested Zeng reportedly in relation to her practice of…

Zeng Haiping was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 21, 2018, police in Meizhou municipality, Guangdong province arrested Zeng in relation to his practice of Falun Gong…

Lu Keqin is imprisoned for her religious activity.

In June 2018, police arrested Lu for her practice of Falun Gong.

In June 2019, the Feicheng Municipal People’s Court sentenced Lu to…

Chunmei Wang was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On May 27, 2020, Kaiyuan City police arrested Wang, a retiree from Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province who worked at the Honghe…

Rustam Diarov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On June 9, 2020, authorities detained Diarov following raids by security officials in Astrakhan on the homes of 27…

Yevgeniy Ivanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On June 9, 2020, authorities detained Ivanov following raids by security officials in Astrakhan on the homes…

Sergey Klikunov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On June 9, 2020, authorities detained Klikunov following raids by security officials in Astrakhan on the homes of…

Olga Ivanov is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On June 9, 2020, authorities arrested Ivanov following raids by security officials in Astrakhan on the…

Rohan Ahmad is detained for alleged blasphemy.

In May 2020, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of sharing on WhatsApp religious content deemed blasphemous. Authorities…

Malik Usman Ahmad…

Hafiz Tariq Shehzad is detained for alleged blasphemy.

In September 2020, authorities arrested Shehzad after accusing him of sharing perceived blasphemous materials. Authorities charged…

Elshan Mustafaoglu was imprisoned for his religious expression and activism.

On December 17, 2014, authorities arrested Mustafaoglu, a Muslim scholar and former department head at the…

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…

Elvin Muradov was imprisoned for his religious activity and association.

On March 13, 2020, Azerbaijani police detained Muradov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…

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…

Aleksey Yershov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In July 2020, security forces raided the home of Yershov and other Jehovah's Witnesses. They reportedly…

Maksim Beltikov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In April 2020, authorities raided Beltikov's home.

In June 2021, a formal investigation was opened…

Yevgeniy Korotun is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On July 14, 2020, authorities raided the home of Korotun and other Jehovah's Witnesses and arrested Korotun. They…

Andrey Kolesnichenko was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In July 2020, authorities raided the home of Kolesnichenko and other Jehovah's Witnesses and confiscated…

Uzeir Abdullayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity. 

On October 12, 2016, Russian security forces arrested Abdullayev and several others after raiding their homes…

Maksim Puygin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On September 6, 2016, authorities arrested Puygin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Refat Alimov was imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On April 18, 2016, authorities arrested Alimov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization…

Ibrahim Shavkatov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On March 22, 2016, authorities arrested Shavkatov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…

Anna Safronova is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On June 2, 2021, authorities detained Safronova after searching her residence. The month prior, authorities…

Hadi Rahimi was imprisoned for practicing his faith as a convert.

On May 14, 2020, Rahimi, a member of the Church of Iran, was taken into state custody after being unable to pay bail.…

Alimujiang Yimiti was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On January 12, 2008, authorities detained Yimiti, a house church minister, in Kashgar, Xinjiang,…

Sakineh Behjati is imprisoned for practicing her faith as a convert.

On May 14, 2020, authorities took Behjati, a member of the Church of Iran, into custody after being unable to pay…

Zhang Shaojie was imprisoned for his religious activity and leadership role.

On November 16, 2013, public security officers in Nanle county, Puyang municipality, Henan province,…

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. …

Y Hriam Kpa was imprisoned for his religious activity and for resisting state pressure to dissolve his church.

On July 30, 2015, authorities arrested Kpa, a house-church leader in Ea H’leo…

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…

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…

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,…

Liu Lijie is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On October 14, 2020, public security officers from Jiamusi Municipality, Heilongjiang Province, detained Liu while she was at…

Simran Kumari was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.

In August 2020, 17-year-old Kumari disappeared from her aunt's home in Gotki district, Sindh province. Days later, her family was…

Reena was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.

In March 2019, armed men kidnapped 14-year-old Reena and her 15-year-old sister, Raveena, from their home in Gotki district, Sindh…

Raveena was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.

In March 2019, armed men reportedly kidnapped 15-year-old Raveena and her 14-year-old sister, Reena, from their home in Gotki district…

Mounir Samir Mounir was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Mounir and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…

Raymond Mamdouh William was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested William and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…

Jayid Saad Zekry was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Zekry and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…

Milad Mahrous Tawfik was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Tawfik and several other Copts a week after they had…

Abanoub Magdy Semaan was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Semaan and several other Copts a week after they had…

Girgis Samir Girgis was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Girgis and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…

Shenouda Salib Hosni was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Hosni and several other Copts a week after they had…

Mina Salib Hosni was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Hosni and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…

Milad Reda Tawfik Ayyad was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Ayyad and several other Copts a week after they…

Gulfisha Fatima was detained for her religious freedom advocacy.

On April 9, 2020, authorities arrested Fatima, a Muslim student activist, under first information…

Natasha Narwal was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On May 23, 2020, authorities arrested Narwal, a Hindu student activist, after accusing…

Devangana Kalita was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On May 23, 2020, authorities arrested Kalita, a Hindu student activist, after accusing…

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…

Umar Gautam is detained for his religious activity.

In June 2021, authorities arrested Gautam, a Muslim convert, Islamic scholar, and founder of the Islamic Da’…

Qazi Jahangir Qasmi is detained for his religious activity. 

In June 2021, authorities arrested Qasmi, an Islamic cleric and employee at the Islamic Da’wah…

Kaleem Siddiqui was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.

On September 21, 2021, authorities arrested Siddiqui, an Islamic scholar and…

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…