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Vladimir Melnik is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 9, 2020, authorities in Oryol detained Melnik following searches of the homes of several Jehovah'…
Vladimir Piskarev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 9, 2020, authorities in Oryol detained Piskarev following searches of the homes of several…
Artur Putintsev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 9, 2020, authorities in Oryol detained Putintsev following searches of the homes of…
Parisa Roohi Zadegan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In 2016, authorities arrested Zadegan reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.
On an unspecified date,…
Maksim Morozov was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 6, 2021, authorities arrested Morozov after accusing him of "convening and holding meetings of its members and…
Yuriy Usanov was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On April 2, 2021, authorities arrested Usanov from his home after accusing him of "convening and holding meetings of its…
Aleksandr Nikolayev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 30, 2021, authorities detained Aleksandr after summoning him for interrogation. Nikolayev's…
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…
Konstantin Sannikov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On August 27, 2020, authorities in Kazan detained Sannikov after accusing him of “organizing the…
Nikolay Saparov is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On March 23, 2022, authorities in Maykop detained Saparov at the Mineralnye Vody airport for organizing…
Aleksandr Skvortsov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 7, 2021, authorities in Taganrog detained Skvortsov after searching his home. He was accused of…
Valeriy Tibiy was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On May 18, 2022, authorities detained Tibiy after searching his home in December 2021. He was accused of “…
Nikolay Stepanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 19, 2019, authorities in Vologda detained Stepanov following searches on the homes of…
Aleksandr Filatov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 13, 2021, authorities in Vladikavkaz detained Filatov after accusing him of holding religious…
Marat Abdulgalimov was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On June 1, 2019, authorities detained several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Abdulgalimov, …
Arsen Abdullaev was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On June 1, 2019, authorities detained several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Abdullaev, following…
Anton Dergalev was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On June 1, 2019, authorities detained several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Dergalev, following…
Mariya Karpova was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
On June 1, 2019, authorities detained several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Karpova, following…
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…
Leysan Bochkareva was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
On January 19, 2020, authorities in Kazan detained Bochkareva after searching the homes of several…
Tatyana Obizhestvit was under house arrest for her religious belief and activity.
On January 19, 2020, authorities in Kazan detained Obizhestvit after searching the homes of several…
Valeriy Rabota was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On March 3, 2022, authorities in the Knyaz-Volkonsky rural settlement detained Rabota after searching Jehovah's…
Vitaliy Ushakov was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On February 13, 2022, authorities in Krasnodar detained Ushakov following raids on the homes of…
Viktor Shayapov was under house arrest for his religious belief and activity.
On February 5, 2022, authorities in Mozhaisk detained Shayapov. He was accused of participating…
Saman Khadem was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 13, 2022, authorities in Shiraz arrested Khadem, an environmental activist, reportedly in relation to his being…
Zhang Chunhe is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On April 10, 2021, authorities arrested Zhang reportedly in relation to her practice of Falun Gong.
On July…
Wang Jianmin is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On September 4, 2020, authorities in Laiyang detained Wang after catching her distributing Falun Gong leaflets. Police seized other…
Cao Qian is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On May 28, 2020, authorities in Xiaoyi city, Shanxi province, arrested Cao for being in possession of Falun Gong materials.…
Jang Baolian is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In or around May 2020, authorities in Xiaoyi city, Shanxi province, arrested Jang for being in possession of Falun Gong…
Arash Zamani was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On September 24, 2022, authorities in Tehran arrested Zamani and his partner Armaghan Zabihi from their…
Armaghan Zabihi was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On September 24, 2022, authorities in Tehran arrested Zabihi and her partner Arash Zamani from their home…
Sirous Zabihi was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On September 24, 2022, authorities in Mashhad arrested Zabihi reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.
…Cui Tai is detained for his religious leadership role.
On June 19, 2020, police in Zhangjiakou municipality, Hebei province, detained Cui Tai, a Catholic bishop, reportedly in…
Royal Karimov was detained for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On July 25, 2022, officers from the Gadabay District State Service for Mobilization and Conscription…
Javed Mohammed is detained for his religious expression and religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2022, police in Uttar Pradesh arrested Mohammed, a well-known Muslim activist, after accusing…
Badie Khazei is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2022, plainclothes officers arrested Khazei in Tehran. Khazei was later transferred to Evin Prison…
Cepdika Eka Rismana is imprisoned for blasphemy.
On May 5, 2022, police in West Java province arrested Rismana after a video of him stepping on a Qur'an went viral. Authorities…
Roy Suryo was imprisoned for blasphemy.
On August 5, 2022, police arrested Suryo, the former Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, for tweeting out an image of President Joko…
Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim was detained in relation to his religious leadership role and religious expression.
On October 15, 2022, authorities arrested Tsalim, the Catholic bishop of…
Mihretab Stefanos was detained in relation to his religious leadership role and religious expression.
On October 11, 2022, authorities arrested, Stefanos, the priest of St.…
Abraham Habtom Gebremariam was detained in relation to his religious leadership role and religious expression.
In October 2022, authorities arrested Gebremariam, a Capuchin abbot. …
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…
Shaghayegh Bahrami was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On October 24, 2022, authorities in Kerman detained Bahrami and Shayan Gholami reportedly in…
Shayan Gholami was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 24, 2022, authorities in Kerman detained Gholami and Shaghayegh Bahrami reportedly in relation…
Anatoli Zernichenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 15, 2021, authorities in Arys arrested Zernichenko for posting religious texts on Instagram and…
Dzumkar is detained for her adherence to a religious figure.
On June 23, 2022, security officials in Amdo (Anduo) county, Nagchu (Naqu) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region,…
Yudron is detained for her adherence to a religious figure.
On July 11, 2022, police in Amdo (Anduo) county, Nagchu (Naqu) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, detained Yudron in…
Lotse is detained for his adherence to a religious figure.
On July 25, 2022, police in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained…
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…
Leili Karami was detained for her religious belief and activity.
October 26, 2022, authorities in Shiraz detained Karami from her home reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.…
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…
Jumanazar Hojambetow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Hojambetow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of…
Begejik Begejikow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Begejikow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of Said…
Ahmet Mammetdurdyyew is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Mammetdurdyyew and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings…
Meret Owezow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Owezow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of Said Nursi,…
Myratdurdy Shamyradow is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early summer 2017, authorities arrested Shamyradow and four others for meeting to pray and study the writings of…
Pooya Saraf was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On November 2, 2022, authorities in Karaj detained Saraf and searched his workplace and home, confiscating electronics and…
Mo Wulong is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On or around June 21, 2007, authorities in the Jianghua Yao Autonomous County,…
Cheng Jinfeng was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 18, 2014, authorities from Shizuishan…
Cui Haoxin is detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On January 14, 2020, authorities in Ji’nan municipality, Shandong province, detained Cui, a religious poet,…
Ma Like is detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
In April 2017, authorities in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Ma reportedly…
Ma Zhengxiu is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur…
Mou Guojian is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur…
Geng Zejun was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 5, 2021, authorities from Huinong district detained Geng, pastor of the house church Church of…
Yang Jianxin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early 2021, authorities detained Yang, pastor of a house church, for “conducting illegal business operations” and “…
Andrey Danielyan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 7, 2022, the Rubtsovsk City Court of the Altai Territory sentenced Danielyan to six years in prison…
Zhou Jinxia is detained for her religious activity.
On February 20, 2022, authorities detained Zhou, a member of the Beijing Aiqi house church, as she preached in front of the…
Cao Qing'en was detained for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu…
Dai Zhichao was detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu…
Li Zihu was detained for their religious belief and activity.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu…
Su Bingsen was detained for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu…
Ding Shuqi was detained for their religious belief and activity.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu municipality, Sichuan province, detained…
Liu Yingxu is detained for their religious belief and activity.
In December 2018, authorities in Chengdu municipality, Sichuan province,…
Yang Rongli is detained for her religious activity.
On August 7, 2021, authorities in Linfen municipality, Shanxi province, detained Yang and her husband Wang Xiaoguang, who…
Wang Xiaoguang is detained for his religious activity.
On August 7, 2021, authorities in Linfen municipality, Shanxi province, detained Wang and his wife Yang Rongli, who are…
Zhang Chenghao was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 21, 2021, authorities from Fenyang city, Luliang municipality, Shanxi province, reportedly detained Zhang,…
Chen Lijun is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 13, 2022, authorities in Luanchuan county, Luoyang municipality, Henan province, detained Chen, a…
An Yankui was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 21, 2021, authorities from Fenyang city, Luliang municipality, Shanxi province, reportedly detained An, a…
Elaheh Mohammadi was imprisoned for reporting on religious freedom conditions.
On September 29, 2022, authorities arrested Mohammadi in relation to her reporting on the funeral of Mahsa…
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.…
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…
Viktor Zimovskiy was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On January 23, 2020, authorities in Georgievsk detained Zimovskiy after summoning him for questioning. …
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…
Kaki Saeed Almasi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…
Siavash Kaliani was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Kaliani,…
Kamyab Heidari was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Heidari, as…
Seyed Ali Dakei was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Dakei…
Seyed Shahoo Shah-Ebrahimi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…
Afshin Azimi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Azimi, as…
Meysam Azimi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Azimi, as…
Hamid Zandi Nejhad was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including Nejhad…
Navid Hassanlou was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis, including…
Seyed Foad Shah-Ebrahimi was detained for their religious activity.
On November 18, 2022, authorities in Sahneh county, Kermanshah province, arrested at least 30 Yarsanis,…