Additional Name(s): ئەمەرجان

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Uyghur

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: May//2017

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Ethnoreligious Identity Possession of Religious Materials Religious Appearance

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Emerjan

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Emerjan is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In May 2017, authorities detained Emerjan and several of family members and sent them to a "political reeducation" center. Their detentions are reportedly believed to have been in relation to either growing beards or having religious materials at their homes or religious content on their phones and came amid mass detentions of ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Emerjan is married.

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Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Indonesia

Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 5 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: August//2020

Date of Sentencing: December/22/2020

Date of Release: November//2024

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures) Expression about Religion Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Hate Speech

Apollinaris Darmawan

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Apollinaris Darmawan was imprisoned for his religious expression.

In August 2020, Bandung police arrested Darmawan after he was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad and Islam on social media.

On December 22, 2020, the Bandung District Court sentenced Darmawan to five years in prison and fined him 800 million rupiah for “disseminating information aimed at inflicting hatred or dissension on individuals and/or certain groups of the community based on ethnic groups, religions, races, and inter-groups” (Art. 28 Electronic Information and Transaction, ITE).

In November 2024, Apollinaris Darmawan was released from prison.

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Additional Name(s): Muhammad Kace

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Indonesia

Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: August/24/2021

Date of Sentencing: April/6/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures) Expression about Religion Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Blasphemy Hate Speech

Muhammad Kece

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Muhammad Kece is imprisoned for his religious expression.

On August 24, 2021, authorities arrested Kece, a preacher, at his friend’s home in Bali after accusing him of posting videos on YouTube insulting Islam. Authorities charged him with “disseminating information aimed at inflicting hatred,” “insulting religion," and "preventing a person from adhering to any religion based on a belief in God” under Art. 45(2), Art. 28(2) of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law and Art. 156a of the Indonesia Criminal Code.

On April 6, 2022, the Ciamis District Court in West Java province sentenced Kece to 10 years' imprisonment for blasphemy.

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