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May 14, 2021

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, …

January 21, 2021

Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is detained for his religious expression. 

In March 2020, authorities arrested Sharif-Aminu, a musician and follower of the Sufi Tijaniyyah Order, after a series of…

November 24, 2020

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…

October 13, 2020

Abdurehim Heyit is detained for his religious expression and ethnoreligious identity.

In April 2017, public security authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Heyit…

April 24, 2020

Beket Mynbasov is imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Mynbasov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.

April 23, 2020

Ernar Samatov is imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Samatov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam. 

On…

April 23, 2020

Bolatbek Dyusenbekovich Nurgaliyev was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Nurgaliyev for participating in a WhatsApp group chat…

March 27, 2020

Nguyen Bac Truyen was imprisoned for his religious freedom and human rights advocacy.

On July 30, 2017, Truyen, a lawyer and leader of…

March 24, 2020

Chen Ziquan is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 14, 2019, police from the Dongxiang District Public Security Bureau in Fuzhou city, Jiangxi province, detained…

December 12, 2019

Nahid Behshid was imprisoned for her religious expression and public support for a religious figure.

On January 28, 2019, authorities took Behshid into custody after a judge sentenced her…