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Aneeqa Ateeq is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In May 2020, authorities arrested Ateeq after she was accused of posting/sending sketches of religious figures via WhatsApp…

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…

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.

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Mehmut Memet is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities in Uchturpan (Wushi) county, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Memet for…

Murtiza Memet is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.

On an unspecified date believed to have been in 2018, authorities detained Memet for reportedly sending “illegal” content over…