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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…

Rahile Dawut is detained for her ethnoreligious identity and scholarship. 

In December 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Dawut, Uyghur ethnographer…

Valiollah Ghadamian is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Ghadamian reportedly in relation to his activities assisting Baha'i families…

Mansour Amini is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Amini at his home reportedly in relation to his activities assisting Baha'i families…

Shadi Shahidzadeh is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Shahidzadeh at her home in Tehran reportedly in relation to her being Baha'i. In…

Nathasha Edirisooriya was detained for blasphemy.

On May 27, 2023, police arrested and detained Edirisooriya after receiving a complaint that she made jokes insulting to Buddhism and…

Atollah Zafar is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On May 1, 2023, authorities arrested Zafar reportedly in relation to his activities assisting Baha'i families seeking to…

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…

Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan is imprisoned for his public satire criticizing conservative religious establishments and figures. 

On March 12, 2018, security agents from the Presidency of State…

Tenzin Lhundrub is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.

In May 2014, authorities detained Lhundrub, a scholar and monk from Gom Gonsar Monastery in Liangqu (…