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Le Huu Minh Tuan
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Derek Tran (D-CA)

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Maria Kalesnikava
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Belarus
Advocates: Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)

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Dang Dinh Bach
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

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Jimmy Lai
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

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Ding Jiaxi
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA)

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 José Rubén Zamora
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Guatemala
Advocate: Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA)

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Rahile Dawut
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Dr. Gulshan Abbas
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)

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Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Tajikistan
Advocate: None

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Dr. Seif Fateen
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Egypt
Advocate: Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA)

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Alexei Navalny
Status: Died in Custody
Country: Russia
Advocate: Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

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Gubad Ibadoghlu
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Azerbaijan
Advocate: Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)

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Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Cuba
Advocate: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)

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Maykel "Osorbo" Castillo Pérez
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Cuba
Advocate: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)

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Narges Mohammadi
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Iran
Advocate: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC)

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Zhou Deyong
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)

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Mubarak Bala
Status: Released
Country: Nigeria
Advocate: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

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Vladimir Kara  Murza
Status: Released
Country: Russia
Advocates: Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) & Rep. Bill Keating (D-MA)

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Pham  Doan  Trang  Photo
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)

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Ales Bialiatski
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Belarus
Advocate: Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)

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Filep Karma2
Status: Released
Country: Indonesia
Advocate: None

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Nguyen Van Hoa
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: None

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Yorov
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Tajikistan
Advocate: None

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Wang Bingzhang
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA)

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Headshot of Ismail Alexandrani
Status: Released
Country: Egypt
Advocate: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA)

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Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Uzbekistan
Advocate: None

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alaaabdelfattah
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Egypt
Advocate: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA)

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Y Yich
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI)

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Y Pum Bya
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI)

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NarimanCelal
Status: Released
Country: Russia
Advocate: Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ, Ret.)

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OleksiyBessarabov
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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OsmanArifmemetov
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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RemziBekirov
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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RuslanSuleimanov2
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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RustemSheikhaliev
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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ServerMustafayev
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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SeyranSaliev
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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TimurIbragimov
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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VladislavYesypenko
Status: Released
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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Amet Suleimanov
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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AsanAkhmetov
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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IrynaDanilovych
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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MarlenAsanov
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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LuisCarlosValleTinoco
Status: Released
Country: Nicaragua
Advocate: Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)

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Status: Released
Country: Nicaragua
Advocate: Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)

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Yader Antonio Polanco Cisneros
Status: Released
Country: Nicaragua
Advocate: Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)

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Haytham  Mohamedain
Status: Released
Country: Egypt
Advocate: None

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GN Saibaba
Status: Released
Country: India
Advocate: None

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Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)

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Yiliyasijiang Reheman
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)

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Chen Yu (002)
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Ekpar
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)

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Ardeshir Fanaian
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Iran
Advocate: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)

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Pastor John Cao
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: China
Advocate: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)

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Pastor Wang Yi
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)

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Khaled Drareni
Status: Released
Country: Algeria
Advocate: None

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Status: Released
Country: Cameroon
Advocate: Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)

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Azah Levis Gob   (002)
Status: Released
Country: Cameroon
Advocate: Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)

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Fomusoh Ivo Feh Picture 1
Status: Released
Country: Cameroon
Advocate: Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)

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Pastor A Dao
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI)

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Nguyen Bac Truyen (Vietnam)
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

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Former Senator Leila de Lima
Status: Released
Country: Philippines
Advocate: None

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Serikzhan Bilash
Status: Released
Country: Kazakhstan
Advocate: None

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Youcef Nadarkhani
Status: Released
Country: Iran
Advocate: Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO, Ret.)

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Ahmed Mansoor Picture
Status: Imprisoned
Country: UAE
Advocate: None

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hatoon  al  fassi
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Saudi Arabia
Advocate: Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA)

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Eman
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Saudi Arabia
Advocate: None

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Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Saudi Arabia
Advocate: None

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Aziza
Status: Imprisoned
Status: Conditionally Released
Advocate: Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)

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Samar Badawi
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Saudi Arabia
Advocate: None

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Loujain al  Hahtloul Picture
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Saudi Arabia
Advocate: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)

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Demirtas
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Turkey
Advocate: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

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Mo Xiufeng picture
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Mahmoud Hussein
Status: Released
Country: Egypt
Advocate: None

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Diane Rwigara
Status: Released
Country: Rwanda
Advocate: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)

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Oleg
Status: Released
Country: Russia
Advocate: Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)

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Pastor Bakhrom Kholmatov
Status: Released
Country: Tajikistan
Advocate: Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)

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Gulmira Imin
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Shakoor
Status: Released
Country: Pakistan
Advocate: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

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Bambary
Status: Released
Country: Morocco
Advocate: None

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Mahmoud Abou Zeid (Shawkan)
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Egypt
Advocate: None

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Khalil  Maatouk
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Syria
Advocate: Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC)

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thichquangdo
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA, Ret.)

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Liang Xin  Yao Guofu
Status: Released
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Liang Xin  Yao Guofu
Status: Released
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Status: Released
Country: Uzbekistan
Advocate: None

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Status: Released
Country: Uzbekistan
Advocate: None

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Status: Released
Country: Uzbekistan
Advocate: None

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DoanHuyChuong
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

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Askarov
Status: Died in Custody
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Advocate: Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA, Ret.)

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Bekele Gerba
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN, Ret.)

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pastor yang
Status: Released
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Nguyen Van Dai.jpeg
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA, Ret.)

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Nguyen Cong Chinh
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA, Ret.)

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raif
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Saudi Arabia
Advocate: Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)

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bheki
Status: Released
Country: Eswatini (Swaziland)
Advocate: None

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Zelalem Kibret
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: None

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Tesfalem Waldyes
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: None

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natnail
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: None

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Mahlet Fantahun
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: None

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Edom Kassaye
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: None

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atnaf
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: None

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befekadu
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: None

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abel
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: None

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Asmamaw Hailegiorgis
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: None

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Yorm Bopha
Status: Released
Country: Cambodia
Advocate: None

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Zhu Yufu
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Farshid Fathi
Status: Released
Country: Iran
Advocate: Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC, Ret.)

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Jabeur Mejri
Status: Released
Country: Tunisia
Advocate: None

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Close up of Tran Huynh Duy Thuc at a podium with a microphone
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

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Zhang Shaojie
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC)

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Saeed Abedini
Status: Released
Country: Iran
Advocate: Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ, Ret.) & Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID, Ret.)

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omer
Status: Released
Country: Turkey
Advocate: None

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Nguyen Van Lia
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

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chen
Status: Released
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Dhondup Wangchen
Status: Released
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Rozita Vaseghi
Status: Released
Country: Iran
Advocate: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL, Ret.)

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gulge
Status: Released
Country: Turkmenistan
Advocate: None

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Duong Kim Khai Duong
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX, Ret.)

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Gao Zhisheng
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Angel Santisteban Prat
Status: Released
Country: Cuba
Advocate: None

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Aleksandr Kharlamov
Status: Released
Country: Kazakhstan
Advocate: None

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Waleed Al  Shehhi
Status: Released
Country: UAE
Advocate: None

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Nyugen
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

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Gendun Choekyi Nyima, the Panchen Lama
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)

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Jose Antonio Torres
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Cuba
Advocate: None

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baks
Status: Released
Country: Kazakhstan
Advocate: None

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aksam
Status: Released
Country: Uzbekistan
Advocate: None

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Ta Phong Tan
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX, Dec.)

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Guo Quan
Status: Released
Country: China
Advocate: Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX, Ret.)

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Patriarch Abune Antonios
Status: Died in Custody
Country: Eritrea
Advocate: None

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biram
Status: Released
Country: Mauritania
Advocate: None

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azam
Status: Released
Country: Uzbekistan
Advocate: None

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Dr. Cu Huy Ha Vu
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. David Price (D-NC, Ret.)

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tohti
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Rep. Gabe Amo (D-RI)

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dawitt
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Eritrea
Advocate: None

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Asia Bibi
Status: Released
Country: Pakistan
Advocate: Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA, Ret.)

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bobo
Status: Released
Country: Uzbekistan
Advocate: None

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Nguyen Tien Trung
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA, Ret.)

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Bishop James Su Zhimin
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: None

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eskinder
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: None

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mikhael
Status: Released
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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gaybullo
Status: Released
Country: Uzbekistan
Advocate: None

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Afif Naeimi
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Iran
Advocate: None

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kunchok
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: China
Advocate: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

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Reeyot Alemu
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: None

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Platon Lebedev
Status: Released
Country: Russia
Advocate: None

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muhhamed
Status: Released
Country: Uzbekistan
Advocate: None

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Behrouz Tavakkoli
Status: Released
Country: Iran
Advocate: Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL, Ret.)

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Li Chang
Status: Released
Country: China
Advocate: None

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woubshet
Status: Released
Country: Ethiopia
Advocate: None

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hamad
Status: Released
Country: Kuwait
Advocate: None

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Hairulla Khamidov
Status: Released
Country: Uzbekistan
Advocate: None

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Jamaloddin Khanjani
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Iran
Advocate: None

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Mikola Statkevich
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Belarus
Advocate: Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)

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liu
Status: Released
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Ebrima Manneh
Status: Died in Custody
Country: Gambia
Advocate: None

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waleed
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Saudi Arabia
Advocate: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)

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Bui Thi Minh Hang
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)

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vahid
Status: Released
Country: Iran
Advocate: None

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Anton Suryapin
Status: Released
Country: Belarus
Advocate: None

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Liu.Xianbin
Status: Released
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Soni Sodi
Status: Released
Country: India
Advocate: Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD, Ret.)

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Abdullah Al  Hadidi
Status: Released
Country: UAE
Advocate: None

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francis
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA)

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Fariba Kamalabadi
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Iran
Advocate: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)

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Ko Htin Kyaw
Status: Released
Country: Burma
Advocate: None

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Dr. Liu Xiaobo
Status: Died in Custody
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Lingaram Kodopi
Status: Released
Country: India
Advocate: None

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Hamza Kashgari
Status: Released
Country: Saudi Arabia
Advocate: Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA, Ret.)

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Minh
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX, Ret.)

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Mahvash Sabet
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Iran
Advocate: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)

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Status: Released
Country: Burma
Advocate: None

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Lobsang Tsering
Status: Imprisoned
Country: China
Advocate: Gerald Connolly (D-VA)

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behnam
Status: Released
Country: Iran
Advocate: Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA)

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Dr. Amin Mekki Medani
Status: Conditionally Released
Country: Sudan
Advocate: None

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paulus
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: None

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Saeid Rezaie
Status: Released
Country: Iran
Advocate: Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS, Ret.)

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Status: Released
Country: Burma
Advocate: None

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Wang Zhiwen
Status: Released
Country: China
Advocate: None

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Sima Eshragahi
Status: Released
Country: Iran
Advocate: None

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thulain
Status: Released
Country: Eswatini (Swaziland)
Advocate: None

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Vo Minh Tri
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)

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Dr.TunAung
Status: Released
Country: Burma
Advocate: Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL, Ret.)

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Peng Ming
Status: Died in Custody
Country: China
Advocate: Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH, Ret.).

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Ayatollah Mohammad Kazemeni Boroujerdi
Status: Released
Country: Iran
Advocate: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN, Ret.)

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Mazen Darwish
Status: Released
Country: Syria
Advocate: None

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father nguyen
Status: Released
Country: Vietnam
Advocate: Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)

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Close up of Abdulhadi al  Khawaja
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Bahrain
Advocate: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)

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Abjuljalil al  Singace
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Bahrain
Advocate: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)

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Ahmed Humaidan
Status: Released
Country: Bahrain
Advocate: None

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Sheikh Ali Salman
Status: Imprisoned
Country: Bahrain
Advocate: None

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Naji Fateel
Status: Released
Country: Bahrain
Advocate: None

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Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb
Status: Released
Country: Bahrain
Advocate: Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA)

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Nabeel Rajab
Status: Released
Country: Bahrain
Advocate: Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)

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Zaur Gurbanli
Status: Released
Country: Azerbaijan
Advocate: None

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Avaz Zeynalli
Status: Released
Country: Azerbaijan
Advocate: None

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hilal
Status: Released
Country: Azerbaijan
Advocate: None

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