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Sergio Cárdenas was imprisoned in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.

On August 4, 2022, police prevented several people, including Cárdenas, a cameraman, from…

Zhang Minglang was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On December 22, 2017, authorities in Bazhou district, Bazhong municipality, Sichuan province, detained at least 16 Falun…

Wang Qihua is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On July 13, 2017, Xinzhou public security officials took into…

Cui Fenglan is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On June 2, 2016, plainclothes police from Xiangfang district,…

Jin Liyan is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On June 27, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Jin in relation to her production and…

Bian Changxue is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On January 5, 2016, authorities in Yutian county, Tangshan municipality, Hebei province,…

Zhuang Youbu is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On July 1, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Zhuang in relation to her production and…

Chen Kaiqi was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On June 28, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Chen in relation to her production and…

Ren Shenglin was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On November 16, 2016, authorities detained Ren reportedly in relation to his Falun Gong activity…

Mohammad Chegini is detained for his religious association.

On August 24, 2022, authorities arrested Mohammad Chegini in Kerman under unclear circumstances.

Saleh Al Talib is imprisoned for his religious expression leadership.

In August 2018, authorities arrested Talib, an imam at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, following a sermon he gave criticizing…

Redouane Foufa was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On June 5, 2022, police in Bejaia detained 24 Ahmadis, including Foufa, a coordinator of religious activities in Bejaia…

Khireddine Ahman was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On June 5, 2022, police in Bejaia detained 24 Ahmadis, including Ahman, and reportedly interrogated them for 14 hours…

Cherif Mohamed Ali was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On June 5, 2022, police in Bejaia detained 24 Ahmadis, including Ali, and reportedly interrogated them for 14 hours…

Hengameh Alipour was detained for their religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Alipour, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Golbon Fallah was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Fallah, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Mahsa Fathi was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Fathi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Nazanin Goli was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Goli, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Mani Gholinejad was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Gholinejad, in Mazandaran province under…

Sanaz Hekmat-Shoar was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Hekmat-Shoar, in Mazandaran province under…

Afnaneh Nematian was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Nematian, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Basir Samimi was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Samimi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Mojir Samimi was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Samimi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Sam Samimi was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Samimi, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Anis Sanaie was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 31, 2022, authorities arrested 14 Baha'is, including Sanaie, in Mazandaran province under unclear…

Bobirjon Tukhtamurodov was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On April 11, 2022, Uzbek authorities arrested Tukhtamurodov at Tashkent airport after he arrived from Russia. …

Zhila Shahriari is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

In August/September 2016, authorities arrested Shahriari reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.

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Fariba Ashtari was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On December 2, 2019, authorities arrested Ashtari from her home reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i.

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Joseph Shahbazian is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On June 30, 2020, authorities arrested Shahbazian, a house-church leader, following raids targeting house-churches…

Malihe Nazari was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On June 30, 2020, authorities arrested Nazari following raids targeting house-churches across several cities…

Yevgeny Tarasov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Tarasov, after raiding their homes and…

Mukazhan Ksyupov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Ksyupov, after raiding their homes and…

Parviz Zeynalov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Zeynalov, after raiding their homes and…

Urdash Abdullayev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Abdullayev, after raiding their homes and…

Ilmir Abdullin was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Abdullin, after raiding their homes and…

Nikolay Nesterovich was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Nesterovich, after raiding their homes…

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…

Payam Vali is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On September 24, 2022, authorities in Karaj arrested Vali reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i. Security…

Seymur Mammadov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.

On September 22, 2022, the Goranboy District Court sentenced Mammadov to nine months in…

Dmitriy Dolzhikov is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On September 8 2022, authorities in Chelyabinsk arrested Dolzhikov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's…

Enayatollah Naeimi is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On September 28, 2022, authorities in Isfahan arrested Naeimi reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i. …

Aleksandr Korolev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On March 20, 2019, authorities initiated a criminal case against Korolev for “participating in the…

Denis Antonov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On March 14, 2019, authorities initiated a criminal case against Antonov for “participating in the…

Georgiy Nikulin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In February 2019, authorities reportedly open a criminal case against Nikulin for “organizing the activities of a…

Aleksandr Shevchuk was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In February 2019, authorities reportedly open a criminal case against Shevchuk for “organizing the…

Elena Nikulina is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 2, 2021, authorities charge Nikulina with  “recruiting…a person in the activities of an…

Arsen Avanesov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 22, 2019, authorities in Rostov-on-Don arrested Avanesov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's…

Aleksandr Parkov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 22, 2019, authorities in Rostov-on-Don arrested Parkov after raiding the homes of several Jehovah's…

Andrey Andreyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 16, 2019, authorities in Kursk arrested Andreyev following raids on the homes of Jehovah's Witnesses…

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…

Igor Egozaryan was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 16, 2019, authorities in Volgograd arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Egozaryan. They were…

Rhoda Jatau was detained for blasphemy.

On May 20, 2022, authorities in Bauchi state arrested Jatau after riots broke out in response to a perceived blasphemous message she sent on…

Sergey Melnik was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 16, 2019, authorities in Volgograd arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Melnik. They were…

Valeriy Rogozin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 16, 2019, authorities in Volgograd arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Rogozin. They were…

Denis Peresunko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On August 21, 2019, authorities in Volgograd arrested Peresunko in connection to a group of Jehovah's Witnesses…

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…

Atash Shahkarami was detained for speaking out about the disappearance and murder of an anti-hijab protester.

On October 2, 2022, security forces arrested Shahkarami after she spoke with…

Vasiliy Meleshko is imprisoned for his religious activity.

On August 11, 2021, the Abinsky District Court sentenced Meleshko to three years in prison for “participating in the…

Sergey Polyakov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On July 4, 2018, authorities in Omsk detained Polyakov after assaulting him upon violently entering his home. He…

Yuriy Savelyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On November 8, 2018, authorities in Novosibirsk arrested Savelyev after searching his home. He was charged…

Rustam Seidkuliev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 15, 2020, the Adler police detained Seidkuliev.

On February 22, 2020, the Leninsky District…

Viktor Stashevskiy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On March 29, 2021, the Gagarinsky District Court of Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, sentenced Stashevskiy to six…

Vladimir Skachidub is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 11, 2021, the Pavlovskiy District Court of the Krasnodar Territory sentenced Skachidub to four years and…

Dmitriy Terebilov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On September 6, 2021, the Sverdlovsk District Court of Kostroma sentenced Terebilov to three years in prison for…

Igor Schmidt is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On October 1, 2020, Russian authorities in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, detained Schmidt alongside other Jehovah's…

Aleksandr Shcherbina was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 6, 2021, the Abinsky District Court of the Krasnodar sentenced Shcherbina to three years in prison for…

Aleksey Bogatov was detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On March 23, 2022, authorities in Balakovo arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Bogatov, in…

Yevgeniy Fomashin was detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On March 23, 2022, authorities in Balakovo arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Fomashin, in…

Vladimir Mavrin was detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On March 23, 2022, authorities in Balakovo arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Mavrin, in…

Andrey Murych was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On March 23, 2022, authorities in Balakovo arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Murych, in relation to…

Sergey Tyurin was detained for his religious belief and activity.

On March 23, 2022, authorities in Balakovo arrested several Jehovah's Witnesses, including Tyurin, in relation to…

Andrey Bochkarev was detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On January 19, 2020, authorities in Kazan detained Bochkarev alongside several other Jehovah's Witnesses in…

Shamkhal Eyvazov was detained for his religious activity.

In April 2018, customs officials arrested Eyvazov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), and his brother, Migdad Eyvazov,…

Amin Sharifi is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On October 4, 2022, authorities arrested Sharifi from his home in Mashhad reportedly in relation to his being Baha'i.…

Aida Rasti was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On September 28, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Rasti from her home in relation to her being Baha'i. She was…

Leonid Ponomaryov was disappeared for his religious beliefs and activity.

On September 21, 2022, armed men in military uniform abducted Ponomaryov, a Baptist pastor, and his wife from…

Tatyana Ponomaryov was disappeared for her religious beliefs and activity.

On September 21, 2022, armed men in military uniform abducted Ponomaryov and her husband, a Baptist pastor, from…

Mykhailo Reznikov was disappeared in relation to his religious leadership role.

On March 9, 2022, Russian military forces detained Reznikov, a Baptist pastor, in Russian-occupied Mariupol…

Artur Kozhevnikov was disappeared in relation to his religious leadership role.

On April 9, 2022, Russian military forces detained Kozhevnikov, the chairman of the Council of the German…

Valentin Zhuravlov was disappeared for his religious leadership role.

On June 18, 2022, Russian armed forces detained Zhuravlev, a Protestant pastor, in Russian-occupied Melitopol, Ukraine…

Mykhailo Britsyn was detained for his religious leadership role.

In September 2022, Russian military detained Britsyn, a pastor, in Russian-occupied Melitopol, Ukraine, during a religious…

Andrey Vlasov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On July 12, 2020, authorities in Prokopievsk detained Vlasov reportedly for holding discussions about the Bible.…

Niloofar Hamedi was imprisoned for reporting on religious freedom conditions.

On September 22, 2022, authorities raided the home of Hamedi and arrested her in relation to her…

Garegin Khachaturyan is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 11, 2022, authorities in Novocherkassk arrested Khachaturyan following raids on the homes of several…

Gevorg Yeritsyan is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On August 11, 2022, authorities in Novocherkassk arrested Yeritsyan following raids on the homes of several Jehovah…

Anatoliy Gorbunov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On February 2, 2022, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced Gorbunov to six years in prison for…

Yevgeniy Zinich is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On June 27, 2022, the Oktyabrskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk sentenced Zinich to six years in prison for “…

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…

Igor Mamalimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On June 6, 2022, the Central District Court of Chita sentenced Mamalimov to six years in prison for “organizing the…

Vladimir Ermolaev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On February 10, 2020, authorities in Chita detained Ermolaev following raids of the homes of several Jehovah's…

Aleksandr Putintsev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On June 6, 2022, the Central District Court of Chita sentenced Putintsev to six years and six months in prison for…

Roman Mareyev is detained for his religious belief and activity.

On October 20, 2021, authorities detained Mareyev following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in …

Anatoliy Marunov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 20, 2021, authorities detained Marunov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in …

Sergey Tolokonnikov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 20, 2021, authorities detained Tolokonnikov following raids on the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses…