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Nizomiddin Nasriddinov is imprisoned for his online engagement with religiously based political parties.
On January 8, 2023, Belarusian authorities arrested Nasriddinov as he entered the…
Ashyrbay Bekiev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 16, 2023, Russian authorities in Volkhov, Leningrad region, detained Bekiev on illegal immigration charges…
Nikolai Bogoslavsky is imprisoned for his religious affiliation.
In April 2023, the City Court of Anapa sentenced Bogoslavsky, pastor of the Evangelical Christ the Savior Church, to one…
Bakhrom Khamroev is imprisoned for his human rights work for religious communities and his alleged religious expression.
On February 24, 2022, authorities arrested Khamroev, a human rights…
Mikhail Simonov is imprisoned for criticizing Russia's war in Ukraine with religious language.
On November 9, 2022, authorities in Moscow arrested Simonov over two social media posts he…
Anwar Kenneth is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In 2001, authorities reportedly arrested Kenneth after he was accused of writing letters perceived as blasphemous towards…
Khaled Al-Rashed is imprisoned for his religious expression and association.
In the mid 2000s, authorities arrested Al-Rashed, a reformist cleric. According to Alkarama, Al-Rashed was…
Abdul Majeed Al-Arkani is imprisoned for his religious expression and activity.
In 2020, authorities arrested Al-Arkani, an imam, for communicating with prominent Turkish figure Yasin…
Ioann Kurmoyarov is imprisoned for his religious beliefs.
On June 7, 2022, authorities arrested Kurmoyarov, a hieromonk, after he posted several videos on his YouTube channel outlining his…
Saleh Al Talib is imprisoned for expressing religious views criticizing government policies.
In August 2018, authorities arrested Talib, an imam at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, following a…