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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…
Gulfisha Fatima was detained for her religious freedom advocacy.
On April 9, 2020, authorities arrested Fatima, a Muslim student activist, under first information…
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…
Abdullah Gautam is detained for his religious activity.
In November 2021, authorities arrested Gautam after accusing him of being involved in the alleged forced conversion efforts of his…
Jam Singh was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On December 26/27, 2021, authorities arrested Singh, who is a pastor, and two others after they were accused of…
Ansingh Ninama was detained in relation to their religious belief and activity.
On December 26/27, 2021, authorities arrested Ninama, who is a pastor, and two others after they were…
Mangu Mehtab Bhuriya was detained in relation to their religious activity.
On December 26/27, 2021, authorities arrested Bhuriya and two others after they were accused of trying to…
Nandha Nathaniel was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities arrested Nathaniel, who is a pastor, and his wife, Savita Singh, after they…
Savita Singh was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
In October 2021, authorities arrested Singh and her husband, Nandha Nathaniel, after they were accused of…
Ramesh Vasuniya was detained in relation to his religious activity.
On December 5, 2021, authorities arrested Vasuniya, a pastor, and five others, including his wife, after they were…
Kumtu Vasuniya was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On December 5, 2021, authorities arrested Vasuniya and five others, including her husband, after they were…
Saju Ben is detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On December 5, 2021, authorities arrested Ben and five others after they were accused of trying to forcibly…
Sama Ben was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On December 5, 2021, authorities arrested Ben and five others after they were accused of trying to…
Ranga Ben was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On December 5, 2021, authorities arrested Ben and five others after they were accused of trying to…
Adya was detained in relation to her religious belief and activity.
On December 5, 2021, authorities arrested Adya and five others after they were accused of trying to forcibly…
Fahad Shah was detained for reporting on religious freedom conditions.
On February 4, 2022, authorities arrested Shah, journalist and editor of the news website The Kashmir Walla,…
Y Wo Nie is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 13, 2021, authorities arrested Nie, a member of an independent house church Dak Lak, for taking online…
Mohammed Issam al-Faraj is imprisoned for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
On June 29, 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting the state's…
Ali Hassan al-Faraj is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting against the state's treatment…
Ahmed Abdul Wahid is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested al-Faraj for protesting against the state's treatment of…
Ali Mohammed Al Bati is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested Al Bati for protesting against the state's treatment…
Mohammed Hussein Al Nimr is detained for his religious identity and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2017, authorities in Medina arrested Al Bati for protesting against the state's…
Jalal Labbad was imprisoned and executed for his religious identity and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On February 23, 2017, authorities arrested Labbad from his family’s home…
Rozimemet Atawulla is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2017, Atawulla was detained for "religious extremism" and sent to a "political reeducation" center. His…
Adiljan is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Adiljan, who worked for a…
Mahnaz Jan Nesar was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Nesar and several other Baha’is in Bandar Abbas reportedly for attending Baha’i…
Maral Rasti was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Rasti and several other Baha’is in Bandar Abbas reportedly for attending Baha’i…
Arash Rasekhi was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Rasekhi and several other Baha’is in Bandar Abbas reportedly for attending Baha’i…
Mehrallah Afshar was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Afshar and several other Baha’is in Bandar Abbas reportedly for…
Nasim Ghanvatian was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Ghanvatian and several other Baha’is in Bandar Abbas reportedly for…
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…
Tan Quicheng is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2019, authorities arrested Tan reportedly for practicing Falun Gong.
On September 28, 2019, the Lishu County Court of…
Fariba Dalir was imprisoned for practicing her religion as a convert.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Dalir and five other converts from Islam to Christianity, including her at the time…
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,…
Xu Na is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Xu, living in…
Li Zongze is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Li, living…
Li Lixin is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Li, living…
Zheng Yanmei is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Zheng,…
Zheng Yujie is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Zheng, living…
Deng Jingjing is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Deng, living in…
Liu Qiang is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Liu, living in…
Zhang Renfei is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Zhang, living in…
Meng Qingxia is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Meng, living in…
Jiao Mengjiao was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Jiao, living in…
Li Jiaxuan was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Li, living in…
Zya Minas was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In May 2022, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities arrested Minas, the mayor of Dadersh village in Dohuk…
James Zaya was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On May 11, 2022, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities arrested Zaya after local villagers protested the…
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…
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…
Ahmad Sarparast was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In September 2021, authorities arrested Sarparast, a member of the Church of Iran, and others in Rasht…
Morteza Mashhood Kari was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
In September 2021, authorities arrested Kari, a member of the Church of Iran, and others in Rasht…
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…