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Farkhod Nodirov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Nodirov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Zafar Nodirov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Nodirov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Akmalchon Numonchonov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 19, 2015, authorities arrested Numonchonov after accusing him of being a member of the …

Rinat Nurlygayanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 4, 2015, authorities arrested Nurlygayanov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…

Alidzhon Odinayev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Odinayev after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…

Bulat Rakhmanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On April 19, 2017, authorities arrested Rakhmanov for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Ruslan Rakhmatullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On April 20, 2017, authorities arrested Rakhmatullin for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Zulfat Sabirzyanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Sabirzyanov after accusing him of being a member of the banned…

Ilnaz Safiullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Safiullin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Lenar Saitov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 14, 2014, authorities arrested Saitov after raiding his home and confiscating computers and documents.…

Ilgiz Salakhov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 25, 2014, authorities arrested Salakhov after accusing him of organizing a cell of the banned Hizb ut-…

Rustem Salakhudtinov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Salakhudtinov after accusing him of being a member of the banned…

Aider Saledinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On October 12, 2016, Russian security forces arrested Saledinov and several others after raiding their homes in…

Artur Salimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 4, 2015, authorities arrested Salimov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Arslan Salimzyanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Salimzyanov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Murodzhon Sattorov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Sattorov after accusing him of being a member of the…

Albert Shafiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On September 6, 2016, authorities arrested Shafiyev after accusing him of leading a cell of the banned Hizb…

Airat Shakirov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Shakirov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Emil Shangareyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 17, 2017, authorities arrested Shangareyev after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Shamil Sharipov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 4, 2015, authorities arrested Sharipov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut…

Sardobek Siddikov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Siddikov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…

Vadim Siruk is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On February 11, 2016, authorities arrested Siruk following a raid on his home. Siruk was accused of being a member of the…

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-…

Irek Tagirov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On February 4, 2015, authorities arrested Tagirov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…

Vasily Tkachyov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On January 17, 2016, authorities arrested Tkachyov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut…

Mikhail Toptygin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On July 26, 2017, authorities arrested Toptygin for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization…

Marat Tulyakov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On June 6, 2017, authorities arrested Tulyakov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Almaz Usmanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On August 16, 2018, authorities arrested Usmanov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Timur Uzbekov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 14, 2014, authorities arrested Uzbekov after raiding his home and confiscating computers and documents.…

Linar Vakhitov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 4, 2015, authorities arrested Vakhitov, director of StroyAlliance LLC and head of the human rights…

Radik Valiakhmetov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On August 2, 2017, authorities arrested Valiakhmetov for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Albert Valiullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 14, 2014, authorities arrested Valiullin after raiding his home and confiscating computers and documents.…

Artur Valov is imprisoned for his religious beliefs and activity. 

On April 25, 2018, authorities arrested Valov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Zafar Yakubov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On April 24, 2018, authorities arrested Yakubov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Ural Yakupov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 4, 2015, authorities arrested Yakupov after accusing of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Rustem Yamaliev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Yamaliev after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Nail Yunusov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Yunusov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Denis Zagitdinov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On September 30, 2015, authorities arrested Zagitdinov after accusing him of being a member of the …

Azat Zagiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 17, 2017, authorities arrested Zagiyev after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Ruslan Zainullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 9, 2017, authorities arrested Zainullin for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…

Radik Zaripov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 14, 2014, authorities arrested Zaripov after raiding his home and confiscating computers and documents.…

Ruslan Zeitullayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.

On January 23, 2015, authorities arrested Zeitullayev after accusing him of being a establishing a cell of the banned…

Ilnar Zinnatov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On June 6, 2017, authorities arrested Zinnatov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Niyaz Ziyattinov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On April 25, 2018, authorities arrested Ziyattinov after accusing him of being a member of the banned …

Ilnar Zyalilov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Zyalilov after being accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…

Rah Lan Hip is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In May 2019, state media announced that authorities had arrested Hip for "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 116/2015…

Joo Gwang Ho is detained for his religious activity.

On an unspecified date, authorities in China arrested Joo Gwang Ho for his evangelism to ethnic-Chinese citizens and North Korean…

Chung Yong Cheol is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On an unspecified date, Chinese authorities arrested 77 North Koreans, including Chung Yong Cheol, for studying the Bible.

In…

Chang Man Sik is detained for his religious activity.

In July 2000, authorities in China arrested Chang Man Sik for his religious activities. Chang Man Sik had previously escaped…

Lee Soo Gil was executed for his religious activity.

In December 2001, authorities in China arrested Lee Soo Gil for evangelizing and helping North Korean refugees escape to South Korea. He…

Chang Weiping, a lawyer known for defending individuals facing charges for their religious belief and practice, is detained for accusing authorities of torture.

On October 22, 2020, …

Mubashar Ahmad was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy-related offenses.

On May 13, 2014, authorities arrested Ahmad alongside three others for allegedly tearing down…

Ehsan Ahmad was imprisoned for blasphemy.

On May 13, 2014, authorities arrested Ahmad alongside three others after they were accused of tearing down posters containing religious…

Saeed Ahmad Wariach is detained for alleged blasphemy. 

Authorities arrested Wariach for "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).

Abdul Majeed is detained for blasphemy.

On September 13, 2020, authorities arrested Majeed after charging him with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).

A Tach is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In 2012, authorities arrested Tach in relation to his activities with the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church. …

Runh was imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2012, authorities arrested Runh, a house-church leader, in relation to his activities with the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church. …

A Kuin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In 2013, authorities arrested Kuin, a member of the unregistered Ha Mon Catholic Church, after he attended a prayer…

Kpuih Khuong is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In 2014, authorities arrested Khuong, a leader in the Degar Protestant Church, after accusing him of organizing meetings in support…

A Jen is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In October 2015, authorities arrested Jen for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …

A Tik was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In October 2015, authorities arrested Tik for participating in a religious group not approved by the government. …

Ro Ma Daih is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In September 2016, authorities arrested Daih for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…

Puih Bop is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In September 2016, authorities arrested Bop for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…

Ksor Kam is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In September 2016, authorities arrested Kam for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…

Ro Lan Kly is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In September 2016, authorities arrested Kly for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…

Dinh Nong is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In September 2016, authorities arrested Nong for being affiliated with the Degar Protestant Church, a church not approved by the…

Donaida Pérez Paseiro is imprisoned for her religious leadership.

On July 16, 2021, Cuban authorities arrested Paseiro, the president of the Free Yoruba Association of Cuba, an independent…

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…

Elizabeth Cintra García was imprisoned in relation to her religious identity and activity.

On July 15, 2021, authorities detained García, a member of the Free Yoruba Association of…

Libi Marhabi is imprisoned for his religious identity. 

In March 2016, Houthi forces arrested Marhabi for allegedly smuggling a Torah out of Yemen.

On…

Hassan Farhan al-Maliki is detained for his religious expression and religious freedom advocacy.

In September 2017, authorities arrested al-Maliki, an…

Li Changqiu was imprisoned for her religious activity.

On July 9, 2014, authorities arrested Li alongside her husband, Zhao Banghai, after raiding their home, confiscating their personal…

Wang Weiqing is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On June 11, 2019, authorities from Jiujiang municipality, Jiangxi province, arrested Wang after accusing her of distributing Falun…

Hou Aila is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On April 19, 2018, public security officers in Wuhan municipality, Hubei province, arrested Hou and four other Falun Gong…

Zhou Haiyan is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On or around October 8, 2017, public security officials from the Economic and Technological Development Zone in Dalian municipality,…

Hu Zhiqin is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On or around October 8, 2017, public security officials from the Economic and Technological Development Zone in Dalian municipality,…

Zhang Xia was imprisoned for her religious activity.

On March 15, 2016, police in Dalian municipality, Liaoning province detained Zhang and later raided her home, confiscating her…

Sun Jun was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On March 17, 2016, police arrested Sun after he went to the police station to learn more about the detention of his wife, Zhang Xia, who…

Rao Xiaoping is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On April 19, 2018, public security officers in Wuhan municipality, Hubei province, arrested Rao and four other Falun Gong…

Zhang Shude is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On June 29, 2017, police arrested Zhang, raided his home, and confiscated Falun Gong-related materials. Days before his arrest,…

Lai Guifang is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On or around October 8, 2017, public security officials from the Economic and Technological Development Zone in Dalian municipality,…

Zuo Hongtao is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On June 9, 2017, authorities in Shanhaiguan district, Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province, arrested 6 Falun Gong practitioners,…

Jiang Wei is imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On November 9, 2015, authorities detained Jiang after she sued former Chinese government official Jiang Zemin over his…

Wu Wenzhang is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 9, 2017, authorities in Shanhaiguan district, Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province, arrested 6 Falun Gong…

Hong Weisheng is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On April 19, 2018, public security officers in Wuhan municipality, Hubei province, arrested Hong and four other Falun Gong…

Li Guo'ai is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On June 9, 2017, authorities in Shanhaiguan district, Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province, arrested 6 Falun Gong…

Guan Xingtao is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On November 9, 2018, authorities in Daqing municipality, Heilongjiang province, arrested Guan alongside dozens of Falun Gong…

Wu Yanhua is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On November 9, 2018, authorities in Daqing municipality, Heilongjiang province, arrested Wu alongside dozens of Falun Gong…

Du Yecheng is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On November 9, 2018, authorities in Daqing municipality, Heilongjiang province, arrested Du alongside dozens of Falun Gong…

Hou Mila is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On April 19, 2018, public security officers in Wuhan municipality, Hubei province, arrested Hou and four other Falun Gong practitioners…

Liu Changfu is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 9, 2017, authorities in Shanhaiguan district, Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province, arrested 6 Falun Gong…

Yang Bo is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On October 7, 2017, authorities from Nanshan district, Shenzhen municipality, Guangdong province, detained Yang and his wife, Xiao…

Kuang Dongliang was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On September 27, 2017, authorities from Hanyin county, Ankang municipality, Shaanxi province, detained Kuang reportedly in…

Luan Ning is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On August 27, 2017, authorities in Yinchuan municipality, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region detained Luan reportedly in relation to his…

Lin Lizhen was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In August 2018, authorities from of Dianbai district, Maoming municipality, Guangdong province, detained Lin, her son,…

Wu Chaoqi was imprisoned for his religious activity.

In August 2018, authorities from of Dianbai district, Maoming municipality, Guangdong province, detained Wu Chaoqi, his mother,…

Lin Yanmei was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In August 2018, authorities from of Dianbai district, Maoming municipality, Guangdong province, detained Lin, her sister,…

Xu Xiaoying was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On November 9, 2018, authorities from Daoli district, Harbin municipality, Heilongjiang province, detained five Falun Gong…

Fan Rong is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On November 9, 2018, authorities from Daoli district, Harbin municipality, Heilongjiang province, detained five Falun Gong practitioners…

Liu Qing is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On August 15, 2019, authorities from Fuyu county, Songyuan municipality, Jilin province, detained Liu at his apartment reportedly in…