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November 18, 2021
Ali Aboluhom is imprisoned for apostasy.
On August 23, 2021, authorities arrested Aboluhom, a Yemini journalist working in Saudi Arabia, after he left his home reportedly to meet with his…
October 12, 2021
Sanat Salimov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On an unspecified date, police from the Navoi Department of Internal Affairs Division of Terrorism and Extremism…
September 24, 2021
Hamid Soudad was imprisoned for his expression about religion.
On January 20, 2021, Soudad was arrested for insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad reportedly…
January 21, 2021
Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is detained for his religious expression.
In March 2020, authorities arrested Sharif-Aminu, a musician and follower of the Sufi Tijaniyyah Order, after a series of…
October 13, 2020
Abdurehim Heyit is detained for his religious expression and ethnoreligious identity.
In April 2017, public security authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Heyit…
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…
October 10, 2019
Ahmad al-Shamri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In 2014, authorities arrested al-Shamri, who is from the town of Hafar al-Batin, and accused of using social media…
September 24, 2019
Bakhrom Kholmatov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On April 10, 2017, authorities Kholmatov, pastor of the Sonmin Sonbogym (Full Gospel) Protestant Church, following a raid on…
March 12, 2019
Raif Badawi was imprisoned for his religious freedom advoacy, expression about religion, and for criticizing religious authorities.
In June 2012, authorities arrested Badawi, a blogger and…
March 12, 2019
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee is imprisoned for her activism and criticism of state-endorsed religious interpretations.
On September 26, 2022, authorities arrested Iraee from her home in Tehran…