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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…

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…

Aleksandr Gabyshev is detained for his religious expression, belief, and activity. 

On January 27, 2021, authorities arrested Gabyshev and sent him to a psychiatric hospital after Gabyshev…

Sulaiman al-Dowaish was forcibly disappeared for his religious expression.

On April 22, 2016, al-Dowaish was forcibly disappeared while on a work trip to Mecca following tweets he made the…

Dadash Mazhenov is imprisoned for posting online religious content.

On April 23, 2018, authorities arrested Mazhenov in relation to posts he made online containing religious sermons in…

Elshan Mustafaoglu was imprisoned for his religious expression and activism.

On December 17, 2014, authorities arrested Mustafaoglu, a Muslim scholar and former department head at the…

Fazilhoja Arifhojaev is under house arrest for his religious expression.

On June 28, 2021, authorities arrested Arifhojaev, a blogger known for his criticism of the government's religious…

Abdukhalil Abduzhabbarov is imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.

On February 18, 2017, Kazakh authorities arrested Abduzhabbarov, an imam, after extraditing him from Saudi…

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…

Azimjon Abdusamatov is imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.

In-between August and October 2019, authorities originally arrested Abdusamatov alongside seven others for…