Reza Zaeemi | Iran Reza Zaeemi, 40, handed himself in to the authorities at the Karaj Central Prison on Wednesday, 2 June, after receiving a summons last month. He initially went to the prison a week earlier, but was told to come back another time, as no judge was...
Apostol Marcos Antonio Perdomo Silva | Cuba Apostol Marcos is a pastor from the Apostolic Movement whose church was destroyed in 2014. Since then, he has had his house taken from him, turning him into a tenant. He has been imprisoned, his family has been abused, and...
Pastors Rolando and Elizabet Ortiz Bode | Cuba Pastors Rolando and Elizabet Ortiz Bode Over the last decade, Rolando and Elizabet have been involved in leading a steadily-growing house church affiliated with the Eastern Baptist Convention. In July 2014 they started...
Reverend Arcadis Solano | Cuba Rev. Arcadis Rafael Solano has been experiencing severe harassment from government and Communist party officials for many years. During the recent pandemic the government harassment has continued, with phone calls, official summons and...
Cheng Hongpeng | China Chinese Christian Cheng Hongpeng was sentenced to three years in prison after Chinese officials raided a choir practice on 25 June 2014. As the believers practiced hymns at a factory owned by a church member, about 50 uniformed and plainclothes...
Rev. Hassan Abduraheem | Sudan – RELEASED! We are praising God today for the release of Rev. Hassan Abduraheem Kodi Taour (pictured far right), and Abdulmonem Abdumawla from prison in Sudan. The two Sudanese nationals were arrested in December 2015 along with...
Imran Ghafur | Pakistan On 1 July 2009, Pakistani police arrested Imran Ghafur in Punjab province after Muslims accused him of burning pages of the Qur’an. While cleaning his brother’s retail shop, Imran removed the trash he had collected, intending to burn some of...
Jamaa Ait Bakrim | Morocco Jamaa Ait Bakrim, a Moroccan Christian, has been in prison for his faith since 2005. He was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for ‘proselytism’ and ‘destruction of the goods of others,’ both allegedly trumped-up charges by the authorities....
Yuri Pak | Kazakhstan UPDATE – Yuri Pak Released from Prison – June 2017 Praise the Lord that teacher Yuri Pak was released from prison Saturday, June 17, 2017. He was able to attend the graduation ceremony of several of his students taht same weekend. His...
RELEASED! Yklas Kabduakasov | Kazakhstan Yklas Kabduakasov Released! Christian prisoner of faith Yklas Kabduakasov was released from prison on Oct. 2, 2017. The 56-year-old convert from Islam was arrested on Aug. 14, 2015 and sent to a labour camp for “inciting...
Rev Dr Teklab Menghisteab Rev Dr Tekleab, a highly respected physician and a leader of the Medhane Alem Church was arrested in November 2005. He is insulin dependent and has been reported to be in poor health. He is married with four children. Prison Address: [Name]...
Dr Kiflue Gebremeskel Dr Kiflu Gebremeskel was the pastor of South-West Full Gospel Church in Asmara until his imprisonment on May 23rd, 2004. Dr Kiflu, a former dean of science and lecturer of mathematics at Asmara University, left his job to serve the Lord as a...
Mussie Ezaz | Eritrea Evangelist Mussie Ezaz had a growing ministry with young people in the Kale Hiwot Church before his arrest in 2007. He escaped from custody but was rearrested as he tried to flee to Ethiopia. Prison Address: [Name] Karsheli Prison 2nd Police...
Kidane Weldou | Eritrea Pastor Kidane Weldou, a long time servant of the Lord with the Asmara Full-Gospel Church, was imprisoned on March 18th 2005. He was the senior pastor of the church at the time of his imprisonment. His wife and children have been unable to visit...
Ebrahim Firouzi | Iran Christian convert from Islam Ebrahim Firouzi has been in and out of prison in Iran since 2011, and though he was due to be released in January 2015, authorities instead retried him and extended his sentence by five years. Ebrahim was first...
Maryam Naghash-Zargaran Maryam was arrested in late 2012 and is currently serving a four-year sentence in the women’s ward of Evin prison. Maryam was charged with “conducting propaganda against the Islamic regime and acting against the national security.”...
Zhao Weiliang | China Chinese Christian Zhao Weiliang was sentenced to four years in prison after Chinese officials raided a choir practice on 25 June. As the believers practiced hymns at a factory owned by a church member, about 50 uniformed and plainclothes...
Pastor Zhang Shaojie | China Pastor Zhang Shaojie of Nanle County Christian Church in Henan Province, is currently serving a 12-year prison term for “gathering a crowd to disrupt the public order” and a fabricated fraud charge. Pastor Zhang was initially detained on...
Alimujiang Yimiti | China Please read our writing guidelines before writing to prisoners In January 2008, Alimujiang “Alim” Yimiti, a Muslim convert to Christianity, was arrested and accused of “subversion of the national government and endangering national security,”...
Pastor Gong Shengliang | China Founder and Pastor of the “Huanan Church” (South China Church, SCC), Gong Shengliang was arrested along with sixteen other South China Church leaders in April of 2001. In December 2001 his original death sentence was reduced to life in...
