Name: Hu Shigen Age: 64 Country/Area of Origin: China Background: Hu is a famous democracy activist, and in 1989 he was active in the Tienanmen Square Protests prior to founding the China Free Democratic Party and the China Free Labor Union. Reason for Arrest: In July 2015, Hu was disappeared by CCP officials during a […]
Name: Gedhun Choekyi Nyima Age: 31 Country/Area of Origin: Tibet Autonomous Region, China Background: In 1995, following the death of the 10th Panchen Lama- the Buddhist spiritual leader one level below the Dalai Lama, Gedhun Nyima was chosen to be the 11th Panchen Lama on May 14. Reason for Arrest: Only three days following Gedhun
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In the new report Nigeria: Unfolding Genocide?, the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief reveals the extent to which “extreme challenges,” such as mass unemployment and isolation caused by the pandemic, are “nothing new” for Nigerian Christians, and perhaps may be the least of their problems.
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Name: Dennis Christensen Country/Area of Origin: Russia Background: Dennis Christensen is a practicing Jehovah’s Witness. Since 2017, the government of Russia has embarked on a campaign to target and detain Jehovah’s witnesses and shut down their churches in different localities. Reason for Arrest: In 2017, the Federal Security Service ambushed a worship service for Jehovah’s
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Picture by Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia Name: Gennadiy Shpakovsky Age: 61 Country/Area of Origin: Russia Background: Gennadiy Shpakovsky, along with his wife and daughter, are practicing Jeahovah’s Witnesses. Jehovah’s Witnesses have historically been persecuted by the Russian government, and in 2017 the religious sect was determined to be an extremist ideology. Handfuls of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Name: Sakhib Aliev Country/Area of Origin: St. Petersburg, Russia Background: Religious official with Scientology religious group St. Petersburg , born in July 1984. Member of the Scientology religious order, the Sea Organization. Reason for Arrest: On June 6, 2017, FSB police and SWAT teams raided the Scientology religious group in St. Petersburg and arrested several
Name: Konstancia Esaulkova Country/Area of Origin: St. Petersburg, Russia Background: Legal Officer of the Scientology religious group in St. Petersburg, born in 1970. She has been volunteering with the St. Petersburg Scientology religious group since 2006. She is a single mother and supports her daughter. Reason for Arrest: On June 6, 2017, FSB police and
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Name: Ivan Matsitsky Country/Area of Origin: Russia Background: Leader of Scientology religious group in St. Petersburg, born in 1975. Scientology is a relatively new religion in Russia. He is one of the earliest members of the Church in Russia and has been a Scientologist for over 25 years. Reason for Arrest: On June 6, 2017,
Name: Galina Shurinova Country/Area of Origin: St. Petersburg, Russia Background: Director of the religious group in St. Petersburg, born in 1954. She has been volunteering with the St. Petersburg Scientology religious group since its founding and was one of the original Scientology missionaries in Russia. She is divorced with one adult son. She lives with
Name: Anastasia Terentyeva Country/Area of Origin: St. Petersburg, Russia Background: External Affairs Director of the Scientology religious group in St. Petersburg, born in 1979. She has been volunteering with the St. Petersburg Scientology religious group since 1998. She is divorced with no children. Reason for Arrest: On June 6, 2017, FSB police and SWAT teams
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