Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Date of Detainment: April//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Forced Renunciation of Faith
Jessica Iqbal
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Jessica Iqbal was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In April 2025, Iqbal, a Christian girl from Lahore, was abducted from her home by a neighbor. Her father subsequently filed a first information report (FIR).
In May 2025, she appeared before a court and testified that she converted to Islam and married voluntarily. During court proceedings, Jessica was reluctant to say the Kalima (Islamic conversion proclamation) or answer questions about Islam, raising doubts that her conversion was uncoerced. Her parents reported that Jessica, after making her statement, told them she was "fearful for [their] lives."
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Date of Detainment: June//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Forced Renunciation of Faith
Alina Khalid
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Alina Khalid was subjected to forced renunciation of faith.
In June 2024, 14-year-old Khalid, a Christian girl from Islamabad, was abducted from her home by a neighbor. She was later converted to Islam and married, with her age shown as 19 on the marriage certificate. Her father, a sanitary worker, filed a first information report (FIR), and police recovered Khalid in July, placing her in the custody of the Child Protection Bureau.
In September 2024, the District Commissioner handed custody of Khalid from the CPB to the man who abducted her. The court's decision relied primarily on Khalid's testimony before the Magistrate that she was an adult and had converted and married of her own free will. In the proceedings, the court ignored multiple petitions filed by her father, dismissed allegations that her statement was coerced, and disregarded her NADRA-issued birth certificate, which verified her age was 14.
Additional Name(s): (贾学伟)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant
Date of Detainment: February//2026
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: House Arrest
Jia Xuewei
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Jia Xuewei is under house arrest for his religious activity and leadership role.
In January or February 2026, police authorities detained Jia, Vice Deacon of Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Authorities charged him with “Inciting subversion of state power” (Article 105(2), PRC Criminal Law) and confined him in Deyang Detention Center. Soon after, authorities released Jia from detention and placed him under “Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location” (RSDL).