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Dennis Christensen was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On May 25, 2017, police, including members of the Federal Security Service (FSB), arrested Christensen following a raid…
Isaac Mogos was detained for his religious belief.
On September 17, 1994, authorities arrested Mogos for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
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Negede Teklemariam was detained for his religious belief.
On September 17, 1994, authorities arrested Teklemariam for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military…
Paulos Eyasu was detained for his religious belief.
On September 17, 1994, authorities arrested Eyasu for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.
On…
Raif Badawi was imprisoned for his religious freedom advoacy, expression about religion, and for criticizing religious authorities.
In June 2012, authorities arrested Badawi, a…
Adel Naimi was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In July 2012, intelligence agents arrested Naimi following a raid on his home. Authorities confiscated several…
Negin Ghadamian was imprisoned for her religious association and for providing religious education.
In the years prior to her arrest, Ghadamian, an educator, had been questioned by…
Shahnam Jazbani was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 17, 2012, authorities arrested Jazbani and several other Bahá’ís of Gorgan and the surrounding areas of…
Vahed Kholousi was imprisoned for his religious belief and education rights and human rights activism.
In February 2010, authorities arrested Kholousi reportedly in relation to his…
Mohsen Azizi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Azizi following a violent…
Jafar Ahmadi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Ahmadi following a violent crackdown on…
Majid Rashidi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Rashidi following a violent crackdown on…
Ali Akbar Dadashi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Dadashi following a violent…
Salehoddin Moradi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Moradi following a violent crackdown…
Alborz Eskandari was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Eskandari following a violent…
Mojtaba Biranvand was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Biranvand following a violent…
Abbas Dehghan was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Dehghan, an administrator for the website…
Nazila Nouri was imprisoned for her religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Nouri following a violent crackdown on…
Mohammad bin Hassan al-Habib is imprisoned for his religious expression, leadership role, and religious freedom advocacy.
In July 2016, authorities detained al-Habib, a Shi'a cleric, as he…
Ruhiddin Fahriddinov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In November 2005, Kazakh authorities detained and deported Fahriddinov, a scholar and independent imam, to Uzbekistan.…
Bui Van Trung was imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.
On June 26, 2017, authorities arrested Trung following a state crackdown on a Hoa Hao Buddhist event in April 2017.…
Shamil Khakimov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On February 26, 2019, authorities arrested Khakimov reportedly under suspicion that he was leading Khujand's Jehovah's…
Naser Navard Goltapeh is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In February 2025, authorities detained Goltapeh and other Christians without charge and sent him to Evin Prison. …
Zaman Fadaei was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.
On May 13, 2016, authorities arrested Fadaei, a member of the Church of Iran, and several others while performing…
Marjan Davari is imprisoned for her religious association and translation of religious texts.
In September 2015, authorities arrested Davari, a translator and a former researcher at the Rah-…
Sekhavat Salimi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Salimi following a violent…
Reza Sigarchi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, Sigarchi was arrested following a violent crackdown on people…
Hesam Moeini was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Moeini following a violent crackdown on…
Ali Reza Lak was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Lak following a violent crackdown on…
Reza Yavari Motlagh was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Motlagh following a violent…
Amir Nouri was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Nouri following a violent crackdown on…
Saeed Soltanpour is detained for his religious association and activity.
In November 2022, authorities arrested Soltanpour for the second time. His arrest came amid a crackdown on…
Morteza Kangarlou was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Kangarlou following a violent…
Babak Moradi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Moradi following a violent crackdown…
Mohammad Reza Darvishi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Darvishi following a violent…
Mohammad Sharifi Moghaddam was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Moghaddam following a…
Reza Entesari was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Entesari following a violent crackdown on…
Kasra Nouri was imprisoned for his religious association and for reporting on religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Nouri, a reporter for the…
Sina Entesari was imprisoned for his religious association and for reporting on religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Entesari, a news director for the…
Shokoufeh Yadollahi Farsi was imprisoned for her religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Farsi following a…
Behnam Eskandarian was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 30, 2019, authorities arrested Eskandarian and took him to an undisclosed location after police…
Mohammad Karimaei was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Karimaei following a violent…
Mohammad Hassan Shah Reza was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Reza following a…
Farnam Farhang was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Farhang following a violent crackdown on…
Hossein Arang was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Arang following a violent crackdown on…
Mehdi Mahdavifar was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Mahdavifar following a violent…
Vahid Khamoshi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Khamoshi following a violent crackdown…
Saeed Khamoshi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Khamoshi following a violent…
Bashir Riahi was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Riahi following a violent crackdown…
Behnoud Pourrostami was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Pourrostami following a violent…
Saeed Karimaei was imprisoned for his religious association and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2018, authorities arrested Karimaei following a violent crackdown…
Soheil Arabi was detained in relation to nationwide protests against mandatory religious veiling.
On January 2, 2023, authorities in Tehran arrested Arabi from his home under unclear…
Nguyen Bac Truyen was imprisoned for his religious freedom and human rights advocacy.
On July 30, 2017, Truyen, a lawyer and leader of…
Hamid Kamal Mohammad bin Haydara was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 3, 2013, authorities linked to the Houthi-run National Security Bureau arrested…
Xu Xiujuan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In June 2017, authorities arrested Xu in relation to her Falun Gong activity. It is reported that she was tortured while in…
Doan Dinh Nam was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On February 6, 2012, authorities arrested Nam, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and reportedly charged…
Phan Van Thu was imprisoned and died in state custody for his religious activity.
On February 5, 2012, authorities arrested Thu, the founder of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious…
Liang Xin was imprisoned for distributing religious materials.
On December 5, 2015, plainclothes police officers detained Liang and her husband, Yao Guofu, from their home in Nanyang…
He Wen was under house arrest for expressing views about her religion.
In July 2018, He was arrested after shouting religious views while at Tiananmen Square. Police reportedly…
Shafqat Emmanuel was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In July 2013, authorities arrested Emmanuel and his wife, Shagufta Kausar, for allegedly sending blasphemous texts.…
Nadeem Samson was detained for blasphemy.
On November 24, 2017, authorities arrested Samson after he was accused of committing blasphemy on Facebook following a property dispute. …
Yin Yaoquan was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 21, 2015, authorities detained Yin reportedly in relation to his religious beliefs.
On February 23,…
Zhang Ming was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 29, 2018, officers from Kuandian Country Domestic Security Division arrested Zhang and a colleague for having Falun Gong-…
Li Changxing was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2017, authorities arrested Li after he removed posters criticizing Falun Gong.
In September 2018, the Haizhu Court…
Yang Chuanhou was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On October 3, 2018, authorities arrested Yang and several of his colleagues after accusing them of talking to people…
Y Yich was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On May 13, 2013, authorities arrested Yich, a pastor in the Degar Protestant Church, after accusing him of spreading Degar Protestantism, a…
Ho Duc Hoa was imprisoned in relation to his religious activity.
In late July/early August 2011, authorities arrested Hoa, a Catholic social activist, journalist, and community…
Ye Zhongqiu was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In November 2016, authorities arrested Ye alongside other Falun Gong adherents for passing out Falun Gong calendars.
In…
Erbolat Kusmanuly is under house arrest in relation to his ethnoreligious identity.
On October 27, 2017, local authorities in Altay…
Nabeel Masih was imprisoned for blasphemy.
On September 18, 2016, authorities arrested Masih - a minor at the time - after he was accused of posting content on Facebook insulting the Kaaba.…
Stephen Masih was detained for blasphemy.
In March 2019, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad. According to reports, the accusation…
Stan Swamy was detained and died in state custody for his civil society work helping religious communities.
On October 8, 2020, the National Investigation Agency arrested Swamy, a Jesuit…
Zhong Yifang is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In November 2019, police arrested Zhong for talking to people about Falun Gong.
In October 2020, Zhong was reportedly…
Xu Guixian was imprisoned for her religious activity.
In July 2018, authorities arrested Xu reportedly in relation to her practice of Falun Gong.
In March 2019, Xu was reportedly…
Servet Gaziyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Gaziyev, an activist for the Crimean Solidarity movement, after officers…
Emir-Usein Kuku is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On February 11, 2016, authorities arrested Kuku, a member of the Crimean Human Rights Contact Group, following a raid on…
Ruslan Sungatov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Sungatov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…
Loreto Hernández García is imprisoned for his religious leadership.
On July 16, 2021, Cuban authorities arrested Paseiro, the president of the Free Yoruba Association of Cuba, an independent…
Libi Marhabi is imprisoned for his religious identity.
In March 2016, Houthi forces arrested Marhabi for allegedly smuggling a Torah out of Yemen.
On…
Waleed abu al-Khair is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In April 2014, authorities arrested al-Khair for legally defending religious prisoners of conscience, including Raif…
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…
Reda Abdel Rahman was detained for his religious belief.
On August 22, 2020, security forces arrested Abdel Rahman, a teacher and َQur'anist blogger, alongside several relatives. A few…
Asghar Kalar was detained for blasphemy.
On September 26, 2021, authorities arrested Kalar after he was charged with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC). According to…
Fazilhoja Arifhojaev is under house arrest for his religious expression.
On June 28, 2021, authorities arrested Arifhojaev, a blogger known for his criticism of the government's religious…
Siddique Kappan was detained on for his religious identity and for reporting on religious freedom conditions.
On October 5, 2020, authorities arrested…
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,…
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…
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…
Go Sherab Gyatso is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 26, 2020, authorities arrested Sherab Gyatso - a Tibetan monk, religious philosopher, and advocate of a…
Zeynab Jalalian is imprisoned on religiously oriented charges.
In March 2008, security officials violently arrested Jalalian reportedly in relation to her social and political activism for…
Rahele Ahmadi was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
On July 10, 2019, authorities arrested Ahmadi, an activist against compulsory hijab,…
Yasaman Ariani was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Ariani for protesting compulsory hijab after she was…
Saba Kord Afshari was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Afshari for protesting compulsory hijab after a…
Monireh Arabshahi was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Arabshahi for protesting compulsory hijab by…
Shakila Monfared is imprisoned for blasphemy.
In August 2020, security forces arrested Monfared as she was leaving home, reportedly in relation to her social media activism.
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…
Shoma Sen was detained for her human rights and civil rights work for marginalized religious communities.
On June 6, 2018, police in Maharashtra arrested several…
Surendra Gadling is detained for religious freedom advocacy.
In June 2018, police in Maharashtra arrested Gadling, a human rights lawyer known for defending…
Mahesh Raut was detained for his human rights and civil rights work for marginalized religious communities.
On June 6, 2018, police in Maharashtra arrested…
Sudhir Dhawale was detained for his human rights and civil rights work for marginalized religious communities.
On June 6, 2018, police in Maharashtra arrested…