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March 12, 2019

Paulos Eyasu was detained for his religious belief.

On September 17, 1994, authorities arrested Eyasu for conscientiously objecting to performing compulsory military service.

On…

March 12, 2019

Ivan Matsitsky was detained for his religious activity and religious leadership role.

In June 2017, authorities detained Matsitsky, the director of the Church of Scientology in St.…

March 12, 2019

Gulmira Imin is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity and protesting against Uyghur treatment.

On July 14, 2009, Imin, web administrator for the Uighur-language website Salkin, was…

March 12, 2019

Raif Badawi was imprisoned for his religious freedom advoacy, expression about religion, and for criticizing religious authorities.

In June 2012, authorities arrested Badawi, a blogger and…

March 12, 2019

Jamaloddin Khanjani was detained for his religious association. 

On August 13, 2023, security forces apprehended Khanjani and his daughter Maria Khanjani and took them to Evin Prison. The…

March 12, 2019

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee is imprisoned for her activism and criticism of state-endorsed religious interpretations. 

On September 26, 2022, authorities arrested Iraee from her home in Tehran…

March 12, 2019

Dmitriy Barmakin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity. 

On July 28, 2018, authorities arrested Barmakin and his wife, Yelena, after raiding the apartment they were visiting…

March 12, 2019

Hu Shigen was imprisoned in relation to his religious activity and religious leadership role. 

On July 10, 2015, Hu, a pro-democracy…

March 12, 2019

Abune Antonios was placed under house arrest and died in state custody for resisting state-interference in church affairs.

On January 20, 2006, authorities notified Antonios, patriarch of…

March 12, 2019

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was forcibly disappeared because of his religious leadership role.

On May 17, 1995, authorities abducted then six-year old Gedhun and his family.  The abduction came…