Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Afghanistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Sentence: Death
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Abdul Alim Khamoosh
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Abdul Alim Khamoosh is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious expression.
In 2025, Afghan authorities arrested Khamosh, a teacher in Paktika, for allegedly telling students that science was more important than religious studies.
In July 2025, a Taliban court sentenced him to death for “insulting Sharia and the Prophet of Islam.”
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Afghanistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sufi
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Ibrahim Gailani
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Ibrahim Gailani is detained for his religious belief and leadership.
On September 5, 2025, the Taliban’s Ministry of the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice announced it had arrested Gailani, a prominent Sufi leader, for “misusing Sufism” and carrying out religious practices "contrary to Sharia."
Perpetrator: Afghanistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Date of Detainment: February/24/2025
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Wazir Khan
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Wazir Khan is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
On February 24, 2025, Afghan authorities arrested Khan in his residence for his education rights advocacy, which conflicts with the Taliban's religiously based education restrictions, particularly on girls.