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Raif Badawi was imprisoned for his religious freedom advoacy, expression about religion, and for criticizing religious authorities.
In June 2012, authorities arrested Badawi, a…
Bakhrom Kholmatov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On April 10, 2017, authorities Kholmatov, pastor of the Sonmin Sonbogym (Full Gospel) Protestant Church, following a raid…
Nguyen Bac Truyen was imprisoned for his religious freedom and human rights advocacy.
On July 30, 2017, Truyen, a lawyer and leader of…
A Dao was imprisoned for his religious activity and religious freedom advocacy.
On August 18, 2016, authorities arrested Dao, the pastor of the Montagnard Evangelical Church of Christ…
Y Pum Bya is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 10, 2018, Vietnamese authorities arrested Y Pum Bya, a church leader, after accusing him of spreading false…
Y Min Ksor is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2018, authorities arrested Ksor, a member of the unregistered Good News Missionary Church, during a police raid on a house…
Abdurehim Heyit is detained for his religious expression and ethnoreligious identity.
In April 2017, public security authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained…
Jimmy Lai's imprisonment inhibits religious freedom advocacy.
On August 10, 2020, Lai, a media mogul, democracy activist, and advocate of religious freedom, was arrested from his home in…
Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In March 2020, authorities arrested Sharif-Aminu, a musician and follower of the Sufi Tijaniyyah Order, for allegedly…
Sanat Salimov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On an unspecified date, police from the Navoi Department of Internal Affairs Division of Terrorism and Extremism…
Kadyr Yusupov was mistreated in prison for fighting for prisoner religious freedom rights and his religious activity.
In or around December 2018, authorities arrested Yusupov, who…
Suleiman Bouhafs was imprisoned for his alleged expression about religion.
On August 25, 2021, three men in a black vehicle abducted Bouhafs – Chairman of the St. Augustine…
Ramy Kamel was detained for his civil rights work and religious freedom advocacy.
On November 23, 2019, security forces arrested Kamel, a human rights activist and founder of 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…
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…
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…
Ashin Sobitha is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
On February 1, 2021, military forces detained Sobitha, a monk known for opposing religious nationalism in Burma.…
Shwe Nya War was detained in relation to his religious freedom advocacy.
On February 1, 2021, military forces detained War, a monk, following the military’s overthrow of the…
Khadro Tseten is imprisoned for his religious expression.
On April 26, 2019, authorities in Tsekhog (Zeku)…
Gyaltsen was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On March 15, 2008, public security officials in Sangye (Samye) township, Zhanang (Dranang) county, Shannan (Lhokha)…
Tenzin Buchung was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On March 15, 2008, public security officials in Sangye (Samye) township, Zhanang (Dranang) county, Shannan (…
Aleksey Dyadkin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 21, 2020, authorities arrested Dyadkin after he meeting with investigators for questioning.…
Aleksey Goreliy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Goreliy after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Nikita Moiseyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Moiseyev after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Vladimir Popov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 12, 2020, authorities arrested Popov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Yevgeniy Razumov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Razumov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Oleg Shidlovskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2020, authorities arrested Shidlovskiy after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses and…
Roman Baranovskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 10, 2019, authorities in Abkan arrested Baranovskiy following raids on the homes of Jehovah's…
Aleksandr Ivshin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 10, 2021, the Abinsk District Court of Krasnodar sentenced Ivshin to seven years and six months in…
Elshan Abbasov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 3, 2022, plainclothes officers in Barda arrested Abbasov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM). Activists…
Yaroslav Kalin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Kalin following raids on the homes of several…
Sergey Kosteyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Kosteyev following raids on the homes of several Jehovah'…
Nikolay Martynov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Martynov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah…
Mikhail Moysh is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Moysh following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's…
Igor Popov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 30, 2021, authorities in Mezhdurechensk detained Popov following a raid on his home. Investigators had…
Denis Sarazhakov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 30, 2021, authorities in Askiz detained Sarazhakov following a raid on his home.…
Aleksey Solnechny is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Solnechny following raids on the homes of…
Andrey Tolmachev is impisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Tolmachev following raids on the homes of…
Sergey Vasilyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 4, 2021, authorities in Irkutsk detained Tolmachev following raids on the homes of several…
Rinat Kiramov is imprisoned for his religious activity and belief.
On November 9, 2021, authorities detained several individuals, including Kiramov, following raids on the homes of several…
Sergey Korolev is imprisoned for his religious activity and belief.
On November 9, 2021, authorities detained several individuals, including Korolev, following raids on the homes of…
Sergey Kosyanenko is imprisoned for his religious activity and belief.
On November 9, 2021, authorities detained several individuals, including Kosyanenko, following raids on the homes of…
Yevgeniy Zhukov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Zhukov following searches on…
Vladimir Maladyka is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Maladyka following…
Vladimir Sakada is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Sakada following searches on…
Sergey Ananin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 14, 2021, authorities in Belovo detained Ananin after searching the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses. He…
Kamyar Habibi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 10, 2022, authorities in Karaj arrested Habibi reportedly for his being Baha'i.
On December 13…
Aleksandr Seredkin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 19, 2019, authorities detained Seredkin after executing raids on Jehovah Witnesses homes in…
Hkalam Samson was imprisoned for his religious activity and religious leadership role.
On December 4, 2022, authorities arrested Samson, a pastor and advisor to the Kachin…
Abdolhamid Masoumi Tehrani was detained in relation to criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On October 16, 2022, authorities in Tehran reportedly arrested Tehrani, an ayatollah…
Sergey Kardakov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Kardakov to six years and…
Sergey Yermilov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Yermilov to six years and…
Adam Svarichevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Svarichevskiy to six…
Anton Olshevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Olshevskiy to six years…
Sergey Afanasiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 21, 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region sentenced Afanasiyev to six years…
Tulkun Astanov is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 22, 2020, authorities arrested Astanov, a religious…
Wang Shunping was detained for his religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities in Fugong county, Nujiang, Yunnan province, reportedly detained five individuals, including Wang, a…
Nu Sangdeng was detained for his religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities in Fugong county, Nujiang, Yunnan province, reportedly detained five individuals, including Nu …
San Luobo was detained for his religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities in Fugong county, Nujiang, Yunnan province, reportedly detained five individuals, including San after…
Hua Xiuxia was detained for her religious activity.
In August 2022, authorities in Fugong county, Nujiang, Yunnan province, reportedly detained five individuals, including Hua after…
Jahongir Ulugmurodov was imprisoned for his religious activities.
On an unspecified date, authorities detained Ulugmurodov for downloading and sharing a religious song with some classmates…
Anas al-Mazrou is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
In March 2019, authorities arrested al-Mazrou, a university lecturer, for participating in a human rights panel at the…
Isidro Mora was detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions and for his religious leadership role.
On December 20, 2023, Nicaraguan police arrested Mora, a bishop from the…
Silvio Fonseca was detained for his religious expression and his religious leadership role.
On December 29, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Silvio Fonseca, the vicar of Family, Life…
Héctor Treminio was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 28, 2023, police arrested Treminio, parish priest of the Santo Cristo de Esquipulas Church in Managua and…
Carlos Avilés was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 28, 2023, police arrested Avilés, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Managua and priest of Cristo de las Colinas…
Fernando Calero was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 28, 2023, police arrested Calero, parish priest of Our Lady of Fátima in Rancho Grande, Matagalpa, after he…
Marcos Díaz Prado was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 28, 2023, authorities arrested Díaz Prado, vicar of the Santo Tomás Apóstol church of Puerto de Corinto in…
Mykel Monterrey was detained for his religious leadership role.
On or around December 29, 2023, police arrested Monterrey, parish priest of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria parish of the…
Raúl Zamora was detained for his religious leadership role.
On or around December 29, 2023, police arrested Zamora, parish priest of Jesús de la Divina Misericordia parish of the…
Gerardo Rodríguez was detained for his religious leadership role.
On or around December 30, 2023, police arrested Rodríguez, parish priest of Purísima Concepción church in Reparto Belmonte…
Miguel Mántica was detained for his religious leadership role.
On or around December 29, 2023, police arrested Mántica, parish priest of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Bolonia, Managua,…
Jader Hernández was detained for his religious leadership role.
On or around December 29, 2023, police arrested Hernández, parish priest of the Madre del Divino Pastor parish in Nejapa,…
Ismael Serrano was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 30, 2023, police arrested Serrano, parish priest of San Miguel Arcángel, Las Brisas, under unclear circumstances…
José Gustavo Sandino Ochoa was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 31, 2023, police reportedly arrested Sandino, parish priest of Our Lady of Sorrows parish in…
Alester Sáenz was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 20, 2023, Nicaraguan police arrested Sáenz, a seminarian, alongside Bishop Isidro Mora after the bishop…
Tony Palacios was detained for his religious leadership role.
On December 20, 2023, Nicaraguan police arrested Palacios, a seminarian, alongside Bishop Isidro Mora after the…
Freddy Quezada was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On November 29, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Quezada, a professor, after he criticized the…