Below is an incomplete list of individuals that Amnesty International has considered to be prisoners of conscience, organized by country.

Australia Albert Langer

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Bangladesh Khaleda Zia

Belarus

Canada Chief Dsta’hylhttps://amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/first-amnesty-international-prisoner-of-conscience-held-in-canada/

China

El Salvador

Ruth Eleonora Lópezhttps://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2025/07/el-salvador-amnistia-internacional-declara-presos-de-conciencia/ Alejandro Henríquez José Ángel Pérez

Eritrea

Aster Fissehatsion Ogbe Abraha Hamid Himid Saleh Idris Kekya Estifanos Seyoum Berhane Ghebrezgabiher Germano Nati Beraki Gebreselassie Mahmoud Ahmed Sheriffo Petros Solomon Haile Woldetensae Dawit Isaak

Ethiopia

Eskinder Nega Reeyot Alemu Andualem Aragie Habtamu Ayalew Asrat Woldeyes Daniel Bekele Serkalem Fasil Zone 9 bloggers Bekele Gerba Guatemala

Bernardo Caal Xol Virginia Laparra

Hong Kong

Alex Chow Nathan Law Joshua Wong

India

Binayak Sen Soni Sori Irom Sharmila Chanu Anand Teltumbde Sayed Ali Shah Geelani Maqbool Bhat Mirwais Umar Farooq Indonesia Alexander Aan Buchtar Tabuni Dita Indah Sari Filep Karma Johan Teterissa Soemarso Soemarsono Sri Koesnapsijah Tajul Muluk Yusak Pakage

Israel

Mordechai Vanunu

Iran

Kuwait

Hamad al-Naqi

Kyrgyzstan

Azimzhan Askarov Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy

Malaysia

Anwar Ibrahim

Mauritania

Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir

Mexico

José Francisco Gallardo Rodríguez

Morocco

Ali Anouzla

Myanmar

Phyo Phyo Aung Hkun Htun Oo

Nigeria

Fela Kuti Omoyele Sowore Olawale Bakare Agba Jalingo

North Korea

Oh Hae-won

North Macedonia Jovan Vraniškovski

Pakistan

Junaid HafeezPakistan: Authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Junaid Hafeez, Amnesty International (25 September 2019). Asghar Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Mian Ghulam Jilani

Philippines Leila de Lima

Russia

Name Age Location Term Until ReasonAlexei Navalny 45 IK-6 Penal Colony 9 years 06-08-2031 Political activismVladimir Kara-Murza 41 Corrective colony No. 2, Vladimir Oblast 25 years 17-04-2048 Political activism Christensen, Dennis 45 Detention Center No. 1, Oryol Region 17 months 2018-11-01 Religious activity Karimov, Ilkham 37 Detention Center No. 5, Republic of Tatarstan 5 months 2018-10-25 Religious activity Matrashov, Konstantin 29 Detention Center No. 5, Republic of Tatarstan 5 months 2018-10-25 Religious activity Myakushin, Vladimir 30 Detention Center No. 5, Republic of Tatarstan 5 months 2018-10-25 Religious activity Yulmetyev, Aydar 24 Detention Center No. 5, Republic of Tatarstan 5 months 2018-10-25 Religious activity Mikhailov, Dmitriy 40 Detention Center No. 1, Ivanovo Region 5 months 2018-10-19 Religious activity Klimov, Sergey 48 Detention Center No. 1, Tomsk Region 5 months 2018-10-31 Religious activity Osadchuk, Valentin 42 Detention Center No. 1, Primorskiy Territory 7 months 2018-11-20 Religious activity Bazhenov, Konstantin 43 Detention Center No. 1, Saratov Region 6 months 2018-12-12 Religious activity Makhammadiev, Felix 33 Detention Center No. 1, Saratov Region 6 months 2018-12-12 Religious activity Budenchuk, Aleksey 35 Detention Center No. 1, Saratov Region 6 months 2018-12-12 Religious activity Stupnikov, Andrey 44 Detention Center No. 1, Krasnoyarsk Territory 4 months 2018-11-02 Religious activity Polyakova, Anastasiya 34 Detention Center No. 1, Omsk Region 5 months 2018-11-20 Religious activity Polyakov, Sergey 46 Detention Center No. 1, Omsk Region 5 months 2018-11-20 Religious activity Alushkin, Vladimir 54 Detention Center No. 1, Penza Region 4 months 2018-11-14 Religious activity Levchuk, Vadim 46 Detention Center No. 1, Kemerovo Region 4 months 2018-11-19 Religious activity Britvin, Sergey 52 Detention Center No. 1, Kemerovo Region 4 months 2018-11-19 Religious activity Barmakin, Dmitriy 44 Detention Center No. 1, Primorskiy Territory 4 months 2018-10-27 Religious activity Moskalenko, Valeriy 51 Detention Center No. 1, Khabarovsk Territory 4 months 2018-12-02 Religious activity Sorokina, Nataliya 43 Detention Center No. 1, Smolensk Region 1 month 12 days 2018-11-19 Religious activity Troshina, Mariya 41 Detention Center No. 1, Smolensk Region 1 month 12 days 2018-11-19 Religious activity Onishchuk, Andzhey 50 Unconfirmed 1 month 24 days 2018-12-02 Religious activity Korobeynikov, Vladimir 65 Unconfirmed Unconfirmed Religious activity Suvorkov, Andrey 25 Unconfirmed 1 month 25 days 2018-12-03 Religious activity Suvorkov, Evgeniy 40 Unconfirmed 1 month 24 days 2018-12-02 Religious activity Khalturin, Maksim 44 Unconfirmed 1 month 24 days 2018-12-02 Religious activityIvanov, Dmitry24Unconfirmed8,5 yearsPolitical activism

Mikhail Kosenko Nikolay Kavkazsky

Yaroslav Belousov Server Mustafayev Emir-Usein Kuku

Saudi Arabia

Raif Badawi Mohammad bin Saleh al-Bajadi Saud al-Hashimi Khaled al-Johani Hamza Kashgari Ashraf Fayadh Issa al-Hamid Alaa Brinji Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr Zuhair Kutbi Mikhlif al-Shammari Waleed Abu al-Khair Abdulaziz al-Shubaili Saleh al-Ashwan Omar al-Said Abdulrahman al-Hamid Abdulkareem al-Khoder Abdullah al-Hamid Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani Fowzan al-Harbi Fadhel al-Manasif

Singapore Amos Yee

Sudan

Ussamah Mohammed Faisal Saleh

Syria

Ali al-Abdullah Mazen Darwish Shibal Ibrahim Riad Seif

Thailand

Somyot Prueksakasemsuk

Tunisia

Ramzi Abcha Ghazi Beji

Turkey Leyla Zana Orhan Dogan Hatip Dicle Selim Sadak

Ukraine Ruslan Kotsaba

United States

Martin Sostre (imprisoned 1967–1976) Imari Obadele (imprisoned 1973–1978) Wilmington Ten, nine men and a woman, (imprisoned 1976–1980) Charlotte Three, three men (imprisoned 1977–1979) Camilo Mejía (imprisoned 2004–2005) Agustin Aguayo (imprisoned 2007) Kimberly Rivera (imprisoned 2012–2013)

United Arab Emirates

Nasser bin Ghaith

Uzbekistan

Azam Farmonov Alisher Karamatov Solijon Abdrahmanov

Venezuela

Gabriel Rivas Granadillo Jose Antonio Landaeta Gatica Leopoldo López Rosmit Mantilla

Gregory Hinds Geraldine Chacón

Darvinson Rojas

Vietnam

Cù Huy Hà Vũ Lê Công Định Nguyễn Đan Quế Nguyễn Văn Hải Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý Phan Thanh Hải Tạ Phong Tần Trần Huỳnh Duy Thức Trần Anh Kim Vi Đức Hồi

Yugoslavia Adem Demaçi Dragan Bogdanovski

References

External links Amnesty International resources about prisoners of conscience Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund