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Sharjeel Imam is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On January 28, 2020, authorities arrested Imam, a Muslim student activist, after authorities accusing him of inciting…

Meeran Haider is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On April 1, 2020, authorities arrested Haider, a Muslim student activist, after accusing him of inciting communal…

Khalid Saifi is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On February 26, 2020, authorities arrested Saifi, founder of the United Against Hate organization, after accusing him…

Siddique Kappan was detained on for his religious identity and for reporting on religious freedom conditions. 

On October 5, 2020, authorities arrested Kappan, a…

Ilham Tohti is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and activism. 

On January 15, 2014, authorities arrested Tohti, an economics professor, after police raided his home and seized…

Khurram Parvez is detained for his human rights work.

On November 22, 2021, authorities arrested Parvez, a Muslim human rights advocate that has been critical of the ruling Bhartiya Janata…

Nasir Ahmad is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

On March 22, 2017, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of uploading blasphemous videos to YouTube.

On…

Muhammad Ishaq was detained for blasphemy.

On December 27, 2019, authorities arrested Ishaq and his friend, Shahbaz Masih, and charged them with "desecrating the Qur'an" (Sec. 295-B PPC…

Muhammad Islam is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy. 

On April 7, 2019, authorities arrested Islam, a tailor, following a dispute with a pair of colleagues, in which Islam…

Abdurazzak Shamseden is imprisoned in relation to his ethnoreligious identity. 

On April 18, 1998, authorities detained Shamseden after his nephew, Hammat Muhemmet, and other Uyghur youths…