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March 21, 2023

Irfan Mehraj is detained for his human rights work and journalism for vulnerable religious communities.

On March 20, 2023, authorities with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested…

October 19, 2022

Javed Mohammed is detained for his religious identity, criticizing religious freedom conditions, and community leadership role in protesting religious freedom conditions.

On June 11, 2022…

September 15, 2022

Atikur Rahman was detained in relation to his religious identity, social work for religious communities, and for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On October 5, 2020, authorities…

August 09, 2022

Mohammed Zubair was detained for his expression about religion and in relation to his reporting on religious freedom conditions.

On June 27, 2022, Delhi police arrested Zubair, co-founder…

May 25, 2022

Hany Babu is detained for his human rights and civil rights work for marginalized religious communities.

On July 28, 2020, the National Investigation Agency…

April 06, 2022

Shakila Monfared is imprisoned for blasphemy.

In August 2020, security forces arrested Monfared as she was leaving home, reportedly in relation to her social media activism.

In…

April 06, 2022

Noushin Jafari was imprisoned for blasphemy.

In August 2019, authorities arrested Jafari, a photojournalist and culture reporter, after accusing her of running a Twitter account that…

April 06, 2022

Yasaman Ariani was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.

In April 2019, authorities arrested Ariani for protesting compulsory hijab after she was…

April 06, 2022

Rahele Ahmadi was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.

On July 10, 2019, authorities arrested Ahmadi, an activist against compulsory hijab,…

March 03, 2022

Fahad Shah was detained for reporting on religious freedom conditions. 

On February 4, 2022, authorities arrested Shah, journalist and editor of the news website The Kashmir Walla, after…