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Congressional Advocates

Advocates

Prisoners

Rep. Rick Allen
(R-GA)

Alimujiang Yimiti
China
(released)

Rep. Gabe Amo
(D-RI)

Ilham Tohti
China

Rep. Don Beyer
(D-VA)

Alaa Abd El Fattah
Egypt

Ismail Alexandrani
Egypt
(released)

Rep. Gus Bilirakis
(R-FL)

Zhou Deyong
China

Bakhrom Kholmatov
Tajikstan
(released)

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici
(D-OR)

Fariba Kamalabadi
Iran

Loujain al-Hathloul
Saudi Arabia
(conditionally released)

Diane Rwigara
Rwanda
(released)

Sen. Ted Budd
(R-NC)

Khalil Maatouk
Syria

Zhang Shaojie
China

Rep. Salud Carbajal
(D-CA)

Hatoon al-Fassi
Saudi Arabia
(conditionally released)

Sen. Bill Cassidy
(R-LA)

Bui Thi Minh Hang
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Steve Cohen
(D-TN)

Ales Bialiatski
Belarus

Maria Kalesnikava
Belarus

Mikola Statkevich
Belarus

Vladimir Kara-Murza
Russia
(released)

Sen. Chris Coons
(D-DE)

Ekpar Asat
China

Fomusoh Ivo Feh
Cameroon
(released)

Azah Levis Gob
Cameroon
(released)

Afuh Nivelle Nfor
Cameroon
(released)

Rep. Gerald Connolly
(D-VA)

Lobsang Tsering
China

Rep. Suzan DelBene
(D-WA)

Seif Fateen
Egypt

Rep. Jeff Duncan
(R-SC)

Farshid Fathi
Iran
(released)

Rep. Glenn Grothman
(R-WI)

Y Pum Bya
Vietnam

Y Yich
Vietnam

A Dao
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Hank Johnson
(D-GA)

Mahdi ‘Issa Mahdi
Abu Dheeb
Bahrain
(released)

Rep. Marcy Kaptur
(D-OH)

Alexei Navalny
Russia
(died in custody)

Oleg Sentsov
Russia
(released)

Rep. William R. Keating
(D-MA)

Vladimir Kara-Muza
Russia
(released)

Rep. Ro Khanna
(D-CA)

Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
Bahrain

Abduljalil al-Singace
Bahrain

Pham Doan Trang
Vietnam

Waleed Abu al-Khair
Saudi Arabia

Rep. Zoe Lofgren
(D-CA)

Tran Huynh Duy Thuc
Vietnam

Nguyen Bac Truyen
Vietnam

Nguyen Van Lia
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Nancy Mace
(R-SC)

Narges Mohammadi
Iran

Sen. Ed Markey
(D-MA)

Xu Zhiyong
China

Rep. Michael McCaul
(R-TX)

Vo Minh Tri (or Viet Khang)
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. James P. McGovern
(D-MA)

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima
China

Raif Badawi
Saudi Arabia
(conditionally released)

Luis Carlos Valle Tinoco
Nicaragua
(released)

Karla Vanessa
Escobar Maldonado
Nicaragua
(released)

Yader Antonio
Polanco Cisneros
Nicaragua
(released)

Nabeel Rajab
Bahrain
(released)

Rep. Jamie Raskin
(D-MD)

Dang Dinh Bach
Vietnam

Jimmy Lai
China

Selahattin Demirtaş
Turkey

Kunchok Tsephel
China
(conditionally released)

Mubarak Bala
Nigeria
(released)

Abdul Shakoor
Pakistan
(released)

Rep. Jan Schakowsky
(D-IL)

Yiliyasijiang Reheman
China

Ardeshir Fanaian
Iran

Mahvash Sabet
Iran

Sen. Adam Schiff
(D-CA)

Ding Jiaxi
China

Wang Bingzhang
China

Rep. Chris Smith
(R-NJ)

Gubad Ibadoghlu
Azerbaijan

Nguyen Van Ly
Vietnam
(released)

Sen. Thom Tillis
(R-NC)

Wang Yi
China

John Cao
China
(conditionally released)

Rep. Norma Torres
(D-CA)

José Rubén Zamora
Guatemala

Rep. Derek Tran
(D-CA)

Le Huu Minh Tuan
Vietnam

Sen. Chris Van Hollen
(D-MD)

Nguyen Hoang Quoc Hung
Vietnam
(released)

Doan Huy Chuong
Vietnam
(released)

Do Thi Minh Hanh
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Juan Vargas
(D-CA)

Behnam Irani
Iran
(released)

Rep. Debbie Wasserman
Shultz (D-FL)

Luis Manuel
Otero Alcántara
Cuba

Maykel "Osorbo"
Castillo Pérez
Cuba

Rep. Joe Wilson
(R-SC)

Aziza al-Youssef
Saudi Arabia
(conditionally released)

Past Advocates

Prisoners

Rep. David Cicilline
(D-RI, Ret.)

Mahmoud Abou Zeid
"Shawkan"
Egypt
(conditionally released)

Francis Jang Xuan Dieu
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Ted Deutch
(D-FL, Ret.)

Behrouz Tavakkoli
Iran
(released)

Rep. Donna Edwards
(D-MD, Ret.)

Soni Sori
India
(released)

Rep. Keith Ellison
(D-MN, Ret.)

Mohammad Kasemeini
Boroujerdi
Iran

Bekele Gerba
Ethiopia
(released)

Rep. Trent Franks
(R-AZ, Ret.)

Saeed Abedini
Iran
(released)

Rep. Tom Garrett
(R-VA, Ret.)

Abune Antonios
Eritrea
(died in custody)

Rep. Bob Good
(R-VA, Ret.)

Chen Yu
China

Rep. Vicky Hartzler
(R-MO, Ret.)

John Cao
China

Wang Yi
China

Zhang Shaojie
China

Rep. Randy Hultgren
(R-IL, Ret.)

Zhu Yufu
China
(released)

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
(D-TX, Dec.)

Ta Phong Tan
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Lynn Jenkins
(R-KS, Ret.)

Saeid Rezaie
Iran (released)

Rep. Derek Kilmer
(D-WA, Ret.)

Azimjan Askarov
Kyrgyzstan
(died in custody)

Rep. Raul Labrador
(R-ID, Ret.)

Saeed Abedini
Iran
(released)

Rep. Doug Lamborn
(R-CO, Ret.)

Youcef Nadarkhani
Iran
(released)

Rep. James R. Langevin
(D-RI, Ret.)

Ilham Tohti
China

Rep. Alan Lowenthal
(D-CA, Ret.)

Nguyen Van Hoa
Vietnam

Thich Quang Do
Vietnam
(released)

Nguyen Tien Trung
Vietnam
(released)

Nguyen Van Dai
Vietnam
(released)

Nguyen Cong Chinh
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Mark Meadows
(R-NC, Ret.)

Zhang Shaojie
China

Sen. Bob Menendez
(D-NJ, Ret.)

Crimean Journalists
Russia
(one released)

Rep. Jim Moran
(D-VA, Ret.)

Hamza Kashgari
Saudi Arabia
(released)

Rep. Joseph Pitts
(R-PA, Ret.)

Asia Bibi
Pakistan
(released)

Rep. Ted Poe
(R-TX, Ret.)

Guo Quan
China
(released)

Duong Kim Khai Duong
Vietnam
(released)

Nguyen Van Minh
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. David Price
(D-NC, Ret.)

Cu Huy Ha Vu
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen
(R-FL, Ret.)

Rozita Vaseghi
Iran
(released)

Rep. Harley Rouda
(D-CA, Ret.)

Nguyen Bac Truyen
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Loretta Sanchez
(D-CA, Ret.)

Le Quoc Quan
Vietnam
(released)

Rep. Steve Chabot
(R-OH, Ret.)

Peng Ming
China
(died in custody)

Rep. Aaron Schock
(R-IL, Ret.)

Tun Aung
Burma
(released)

Rep. Jackie Speier
(D-CA, Ret.)

Samar Badawi
Saudi Arabia
(conditionally released)

Leila de Lima
Philippines
(released)

Rep. Michelle Steel
(R-CA, Ret.)

Le Huu Minh Tuan
Vietnam

Rep. Jennifer Wexton
(D-VA, Ret.)

Gulmira Imin
China

Rep. Frank Wolf
(R-VA, Ret.)

Gao Zhisheng
China

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United States of America

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