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Wang Hongyu was imprisoned for her religious activity.

In April 2019, authorities arrested Wang for talking to people about Falun Gong. Police reportedly searched her home, confiscating…

Zhou Shuxian was imprisoned for distributing religious materials. 

In July 2019, authorities arrested Zhou for distributing Falun Gong materials. It is reported that Zhou was beaten…

Fu Deju was imprisoned for her religious activity.

In July 2019, authorities arrested Fu for distributing Falun Gong-related materials.  Police reportedly confiscated cash from her…

Li Yuehu was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On July 11, 2019, authorities arrested Li after police found Falun Gong-related materials on him.

In December 2019, Li was…

Zhou Yuzhen was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In April 2019, authorities arrested Zhou in Jinzhou city after being accusing her of distributing Falun Gong materials. …

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…

Wang Yingxia was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In August 2018, authorities arrested Wang for distributing Falun Gong-related materials.  She was charged with "…

Feng Peirong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In December 2018, authorities arrested Feng, a teacher, after being accusing her of promoting Falun Gong in her classroom…

Li Guo was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In May 2018, authorities arrested Li while he was allegedly distributing out Falun Gong-related materials. Police reportedly…

Han Ling was imprisoned for her religious activity.

In May 2019, authorities arrested Han for distributing Falun Gong-related materials. 

In December 2019, the…

Deng Huizhong was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In May 2019, authorities arrested Deng after she talked to people about Falun Gong. 

In December 2019, Deng was…

Kuang Zhihua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In September 2017, authorities arrested Kuang reportedly in relation to her practice of Falun Gong.

In the summer…

Zheng Yixiu is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In September 2017, authorities arrested Zheng alongside a colleague reportedly in relation to their Falun Gong activities.…

Liu Yongying was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On April 3, 2018, authorities arrested Liuin relation to her Falun Gong activities. Police confiscated electronics from her…

Wen Yan was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On April 3, 2018, authorities arrested Wen while she was hanging Falun Gong-related banners.  

In late 2019, Wen…

Xia Mingjin was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On April 3, 2018, authorities arrested Xia while hanging Falun Gong-related banners. She was reportedly mistreated while…

Gao Yinhua was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On April 16, 2018, police in Nanchang County, Nanchang Municipality, Jiangxi Province, detained Gao and five other…

Chen Wen is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On April 16, 2018, police in Nanchang County, Nanchang Municipality, Jiangxi Province, detained Chen and five other…

Cao Genxiu is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On April 16, 2018, police in Nanchang County, Nanchang Municipality, Jiangxi Province, detained Cao and five other…

Chen Yulian is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On April 16, 2018, police in Nanchang County, Nanchang Municipality, Jiangxi Province, detained Chen and five other…

Yan Jinhua was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In April 2018, authorities arrested Yan for hanging up banners about Falun Gong. She was reportedly mistreated while detained at…

Liu Taoying was imprisoned for her religious activity.

In July 2018, authorities arrested Liu from her home reportedly in relation to her practice of Falun Gong. Police reportedly searched…

Li Guiying was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In October 2016, authorities arrested Li in relation to her practice of Falun Gong.  Police reportedly searched her home…

Li Guihua was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In October 2016, authorities arrested Li in relation to her practice of Falun Gong. Police reportedly searched her home…

Ma Xiurong was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

In December 2020, authorities arrested Ma from her home reportedly in relation to her practice of Falun Gong. …

Zhu Tonggui is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On May 23, 2018, authorities arrested Zhu Tonggui and his brother from their rental property in Linyi City. It is…

Jin Bainiu was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In September 2019, authorities arrested Jin from her home reportedly in relation to her practice of Falun Gong.

On an…

Li Lanxiu was imprisoned for her religious activity.

In September 2019, authorities arrested Li reportedly in relation to her Falun Gong activities.

On an unspecified date, Li was…

Lu Houfen was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In December 2017, authorities arrested Lu for practicing Falun Gong. 

On an unspecified day in 2019, Lu was…

Ramesh Kumar was detained for blasphemy.

On May 27, 2019, authorities arrested Kumar, a veterinarian, after he was accused of using Qur'anic text to wrap his medicine deliveries. …

Taimoor Raza is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In April 2016, authorities arrested Raza after he was accused of insulting various Islamic figures on Facebook. …

Sawan Masih was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

On March 9, 2013, authorities arrested Masih, a street sweeper, after he was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a…

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.…

Shagufta Kausar was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In July 2013, authorities Kausar and her husband, Shafqat Emmanuel, for allegedly sending blasphemous texts.  The…

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. …

Sunny Mushtaq is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.

In June 2019, authorities arrested 19-year-old Sunny Mushtaq and his friend, Noman Asghar, for receiving images…

Noman Asghar is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In June 2019, authorities arrested Asghar and his friend, Sunny Mushtaq, for receiving images deemed blasphemous via WhatsApp…

Bai Lijun was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On February 11, 2019, authorities arrested Bai and another individuals reportedly in relation to their Falun Gong…

Wang Fengjuan was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On February 11, 2019, authorities arrested Wang and another individuals reportedly in relation to their Falun Gong activity.…

Gao Jianling is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In December 2017, authorities arrested Gao reportedly in relation to her practice of Falun Gong. 

In December…

Ashfaq Masih is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In June 2017, authorities arrested Masih, a bicycle mechanic, following a dispute with a customer. Authorities charged Masih…

Asif Masih is detained for alleged blasphemy.

In August 2017, authorities arrested 16-year-old Masih after he was accused of setting a Qur'an and another religious booklet on fire. A mob…

Patras Masih was detained for blasphemy.

On February 19, 2018, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of posting a perceived-blasphemous image on Facebook a few days before.…

Zeng Jiageng is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In July 2019, authorities arrested Zeng after accusing her of using her cell phone to spread information about Falun Gong…

Shang Qin was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

In April 2020, authorities arrested Shang in relation to her Falun Gong activity.

In November 2020, the…

Gao Yuming is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In February 2020, authorities arrested Gao reportedly in relation to her Falun Gong activities.

In late April 2020,…

Jiang Liyu was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In May 2017, authorities arrested Jiang for putting up flyers about Falun Gong.

In July 2018, the Shijingshan District…

Yu Xuezhen is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On June 25, 2017, authorities arrested Yu from her home in Sartu District, Daqing City, reportedly in relation to her…

Liu Dongmei is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On June 25, 2017, authorities detained Liu from her home in Sartu district, Daqing city, reportedly in relation…

Zhang Zhenxia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 15, 2018, police from Zibo city detained Zhang reportedly in relation to her possession/burning of religious…

Shi Mudan was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On January 16, 2015, officers from the Qingyang County Public Security Bureau in Chizhou city detained Shi reportedly in…

Wang Shan was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On September 7, 2016, officers from the Gulou District National Security Brigade in Xuzhou and Jiuli District Police Station…

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,…

Chen Xiaoying was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity. 

On March 20, 2014, authorities detained Chen for allegedly organizing religious assemblies and being in possession…

Guan Caihua was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On May 20, 2014, authorities detained Guan reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs, religious leadership role, and…

Xing Pingfei is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On September 11, 2018, authorities detained Xing reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs.

On October 9,…

Ge Xianghua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On September 11, 2018, police detained Ge reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs. Ge was reportedly tortured while…

Hu Mingfa is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On August 13, 2014, officers from the Lingyang Police Station of the Public Security Bureau in Qingyang county detained Hu…

Xu Yunxue was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In August 2014, officers from the Taixing City Public Security Bureau detained Xu reportedly in relation to her handling of…

Bao Guangming was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On August 8, 2014, authorities arrested Bao while attending a meeting at the home of another Christian.

On…

Yu Zhihua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On August 11, 2017, authorities arrested Yu reportedly in relation to her attending of worship meetings, possession of…

Gao Xiuhong was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On July 25, 2014, police detained Gao while she was attending a religious service. Gao was reportedly tortured while…

Lu Huan was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On September 18, 2014, police detained Lu at her home reportedly in relation to her religious belief. Lu was reportedly…

Yan Shihua was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 27, 2014, authorities detained Yan in Yaohai District, Hefei City, Anhui Province, reportedly in relation to his…

Jia Zifang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On September 11, 2017, officers from from Haidian district detained Jia reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs…

Zhang Youzhi is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On December 12, 2016, officers from the Xuzhou Public Security Bureau detained Zhang reportedly in relation to her…

Xiao Shugang was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On September 11, 2017, officers from the Haidian District detained Xiao reportedly in relation to his religious beliefs…

Lu Zhuqing was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On September 11, 2017, authorities detained Lu in Haidian district reportedly in relation to her religious belief and…

Wang Guimin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On May 23, 2017, authorities arrested Wang reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs and work printing books for the…

Gong Xiyue is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 28, 2018, officers from the National Security Division of the Public Security Bureau in Changsha city detained…

Yin Puhui is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 28, 2018, officers from the National Security Division of the Public Security Bureau in Changsha city…

Xiao Meili is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On December 13, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Xiao reportedly in…

Chen Jin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 28, 2018, authorities detained Chen in relation to her religious beliefs.

On December 19, 2019, the…

Liu Min is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 28, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in Changsha city arrested Liu reportedly in…

Xu Guixiang is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On January 22, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Xu reportedly…

Xing Chunlli is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On June 22, 2013, officers from the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department, detained Xing as she attended a…

Xiao Shunyuan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 24, 2017, police detained Xiao in Suzhou district, Jiuquan city, Gansu province, reportedly in relation to…

Aishanjiang Kari is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities detained Kari, a textile trader, amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in…

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-…

Liu Meiling is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On June 22, 2018, officers from the Jiujiang National Security Brigade detained Liu reportedly in relation…

Cao Jutao is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On September 25, 2018, plainclothes officers from the Duchang County National Security Brigade detained Cao in relation to…

Liu Xueai is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On November 15, 2018, authorities in Zibo City arrested Liu reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs.

Liang Junlan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On October 27, 2018, officers from the Shuangliao Public Security Bureau detained Liang reportedly in relation to her…

Wang Rongrong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On April 26, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Wang…

Sun Juanjuan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On April 12, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Sun reportedly in…

Xia Tao is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On April 18, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Xia reportedly in…

Qin Xiaojuan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On April 12, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Qin reportedly in…

Meng Lingli was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On April 12, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Meng…

Zou Shumei was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On April 12, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Zou reportedly…

Pang Qing is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On January 10, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Pang reportedly in…

Guo Yu'e is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On January 10, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Guo reportedly in…

Xiao Guorong was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On January 10, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Xiao reportedly…

Xu Guixiang was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On January 10, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Xu reportedly…

Tian Yiqin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In March 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Tian reportedly in…

Hu Chunhong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In March 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Hu reportedly in relation…

Ma Zaojian is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In March 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Ma reportedly…

Shao Xingfu is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In March 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Shao reportedly in…

Wang Xiupin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In June 2018, officers from the Kuitun Public Security Bureau detained Wang reportedly in relation to her religious…

Ksor Ruk is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On October 30, 2018, authorities arrested Ruk, a missionary and religious leader.  Authorities accused him of reviving Degar…

Siu Doang is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2016, authorities arrested Doang, a house-church leader, for participating in a religious group not approved by the government.…