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Lina Lutfiawati is imprisoned for her online religious expression.

In May 2023, police charged Lutfiawati with "disseminating information aimed at inflicting hatred or dissension on…

Daniil Smal was detained for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.

On May 17, 2023, conscription authorities summoned Smal to the district conscription office of Rudny,…

Nour Fayez Ibrahim Gerges is an Egyptian activist currently detained on a religious basis. 

On November 1, 2021, authorities arrested and potentially forcibly “disappeared” Mr. Fayez…

Ahmed Mohamed is detained for blasphemy.

On May 9, 2022, security officials arrested Mohamed at his home in a village in the Fayoum Governorate. He reportedly remained forcibly disappeared…

Gratia Pello is detained for blasphemy.

In December 2022, authorities in Surabaya, East Java, reportedly arrested Pello, a professor at a Christian theological school, in relation to his…

Hani Gibran was detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On June 4, 2022, police arrested Gibran after he posted about the targeting of the Coptic Christian community on…

Anatoli Zernichenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 15, 2021, authorities in Arys arrested Zernichenko for posting religious texts on Instagram and Telegram…

Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo is detained for his religious conversion.

On December 15, 2021, authorities arrested Abdo, a Yemeni refugee, from his Cairo home. Abdo's arrest followed his appearance…

Roy Suryo was imprisoned for blasphemy.

On August 5, 2022, police arrested Suryo, the former Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, for tweeting out an image of President Joko Widodo's face…

Cepdika Eka Rismana is detained for blasphemy. 

On May 5, 2022, police in West Java province arrested Rismana after a video of went viral of Rismana stepping or stomping on a Qur'an. He is…