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February 15, 2022

Marco Girgis is imprisoned for blasphemy.

On June 14, 2021, authorities arrested Girgis for having pictures on his phone deemed to be offensive to Islam. He was reportedly detained a month…

October 29, 2021

Anas Hassan was imprisoned for his alleged religious/non-belief activity. 

In August 2019, authorities arrested Hassan for allegedly running the Facebook page, "The Egyptian Atheists,”…

October 29, 2021

Patrick George Zaki was imprisoned for his expression about his religious identity.

On February 7, 2020, authorities arrested Zaki, a graduate student and human rights researcher, at…

October 15, 2021

Abdulazeez Inyass is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In May 2015, Inyass, a cleric, allegedly said during a lecture that Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, the founder of the Tijaniya…

October 15, 2021

Sheikh Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In July 2021, authorities arrested Kabara, a cleric, and charged him with blasphemy and incitement.…

June 22, 2020

Mubarak Bala is imprisoned for exercising his freedom of belief.

On April 28, 2020, Kaduna State police arrested Bala, president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, from his home…