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Ahmad al-Shamri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In 2014, authorities arrested al-Shamri, accused him of using social media to insult or renounce Islam, and charged him…
Zhu Ya is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, public security officials from Huangpi district, Wuhan municipality, Hubei province, detained Zhu in…
Mo Xiufeng is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 2, 2017, plainclothes police officers from Lishui city, Zhejiang province, detained Mo after raiding her home…
Wu Lin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 21, 2017, police from Lishui, Zhejiang province, arrested Wu reportedly in relation to her religious leadership role,…
Wang Ruiling is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
August 31, 2017, officers from the Xuzhou City Pei County Public Security Bureau and the Zizhuang Town Police…
Xu Yanping is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 29, 2018, officers from the Poyang County Public Security Bureau of Shangrao city detained Xu reportedly in relation…
Junaid Hafeez is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In March 2013, authorities arrested Hafeez, a lecturer…
Ren Guixia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On February 18, 2015, police detained Ren at her home reportedly in relation to her religious leadership role, organizing of…
Abdul Waheed is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In March 2017, security services detained Waheed and held him incommunicado after he was accused of uploading "…
Wu Meixia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 8, 2017, officers from the Wuhai Public Security Bureau detained Wu reportedly in relation to her religious…
Yu Hai is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2017, officers from the National Security Brigade of Chengde City Public Security Bureau detained Yu in the…
Yu Jianwu is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 4, 2017, officers from the National Security Brigade of Chengde City Public Security Bureau detained Yu in the…
Sina Dehghan is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
On October 21, 2015, authorities arrested Dehghan, who was 19-year-old at the time, after he…
Zhou Jiarong is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On February 28, 2018, authorities detained Zhou reportedly in relation to her religious leadership role and printing of…
Wu Yanping is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 7, 2017, officers from the Wanzhou District Public Security Bureau detained Wu reportedly in relation to her…
Taimoor Raza is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In April 2016, authorities arrested Raza after he was accused of insulting various Islamic figures on Facebook. …
Sunny Mushtaq is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In June 2019, authorities arrested 19-year-old Sunny Mushtaq and his friend, Noman Asghar, for receiving images…
Noman Asghar is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Asghar and his friend, Sunny Mushtaq, for receiving images deemed blasphemous via WhatsApp…
Ashfaq Masih is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In June 2017, authorities arrested Masih, a bicycle mechanic, following a dispute with a customer. Authorities charged Masih…
Wang Guimin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On May 23, 2017, authorities arrested Wang reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs and work printing books for the…
Tian Yiqin is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
In March 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Tian reportedly in…
Shao Xingfu is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Shao reportedly in…
Meng Lizhi is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 11, 2018, officers from the Yining City Public Security Bureau detained Meng reportedly for her religious…
Pan Feng is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In April 2018, authorities arrested Pan after accusing him of handing out Falun-Gong related materials.
On an unspecified date,…
Murtiza Memet is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
On an unspecified date believed to have been in 2018, authorities detained Memet for reportedly sending “illegal…
Mehmut Memet is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Uchturpan (Wushi) county, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Memet for…
Yaqoob Bashir Masih is imprisoned for alleged blasphemy.
In June 2015, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of burning a booklet containing Qur'an text and was harmed by a mob.…
Nadeem James is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In July 2016, authorities arrested James after he was accused of forwarding allegedly blasphemous content to a friend.…
Shehzad Masih is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In July 2017, authorities arrested 16-year-old Masih after a coworker and another individual accused him of…
Anwar Masih is detained for alleged blasphemy.
On June 2, 2020, authorities arrested Masih following a dispute with some Muslim family members. Authorities, who were called to mediate,…
Sohail Masih is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2020, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of posting content on Facebook deemed to be blasphemous. Authorities charged…
Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In March 2020, authorities arrested Sharif-Aminu, a musician and follower of the Sufi Tijaniyyah Order, for allegedly…
Rainur Ibatullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Ibatullin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Arslan Salimzyanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Salimzyanov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Airat Shakirov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Shakirov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Nail Yunusov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 19, 2015, authorities arrested Yunusov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Saeed Ahmad Wariach is detained for alleged blasphemy.
Authorities arrested Wariach for "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).
Abdul Majeed is detained for blasphemy.
On September 13, 2020, authorities arrested Majeed after charging him with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).
Wang Weiqing is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 11, 2019, authorities from Jiujiang municipality, Jiangxi province, arrested Wang after accusing her of distributing Falun…
Ding Shumei is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On October 30, 2017, authorities detained Ding Shumei and Huang Liping after police allegedly caught them distributing Falun Gong…
Li Yanchun is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 25, 2018, authorities from Lulong county, Qinhuangdao municipality, Hebei province, detained Li and his wife, …
Liu Jianhui is imprisoned for her religious activity and expression.
On October 2, 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Liu. Reports…
Hu Yanling is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 11, 2018, authorities arrested Hu in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Reports suggest that…
Sun Ping is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On November 15, 2018, authorities detained Sun in Zibo city, Shandong province, for allegedly burning CDs and providing…
Sheikh Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara is imprisoned for blasphemy.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Kabara, a cleric, and charged him with blasphemy and incitement for his allegedly “defamatory…
Abdulazeez Inyass is imprisoned for blasphemy.
In May 2015, Nigerian authorities arrested Inyass for allegedly saying that Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, the founder of the Tijaniya order to…
Salma Tanveer is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In September 2013, authorities arrested Tanveer, a school principal, after she was accused of…
Shagufta Kiran is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Kiran after she was accused of forwarding content deemed blasphemous via WhatsApp in September 2020.…
Asif Pervaiz is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In October 2013, authorities arrested Pervaiz after a coworker accused him of sending blasphemous text messages.…
Muhammad Islam is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In April 2019, authorities arrested Islam, a tailor, after two of his coworkers accused him of blasphemy.…
Shiraz Ahmad is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In February 2021, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of creating an Ahmadiyya online group and sharing content in it.…
Ali Aboluhom is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Aboluhom for allegedly expressing ideas about atheism online. Prosecutors charged him with…
Qaisar Ayub is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In November 2014, authorities arrested Ayub and charged him with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).…
Rana Nouman Rafaqat is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In March 2017, authorities arrested Rafaqat after he was accused of uploading "blasphemous"…
Nasir Ahmad is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In March 2017, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of uploading videos on YouTube deemed to be blasphemous…
Ma Yitao is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On September 10, 2017, police in Bei’an city, Heihe municipality, Heilongjiang province, arrested Ma and two colleagues for allegedly…
Malik Zaheer Ahmad is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In September 2020, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of blasphemy. In February 2021, after he was granted bail,…
Rohan Ahmad is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In May 2020, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of sharing on WhatsApp religious content deemed blasphemous. Authorities…
Hafiz Tariq Shehzad is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In September 2020, authorities arrested Shehzad after accusing him of sharing perceived blasphemous materials. Authorities charged…
Muhammad Hashmi is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Hashmi after his bail was revoked. He was initially arrested on June 20, 2019, after he was…
Aneeqa Ateeq is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In May 2020, authorities arrested Ateeq after she was accused of circulating sketches of religious figures and other…
Waseem Abbas is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In June 2020, authorities arrested Abbas after he was accused of sending written letters insulting Islam.
…Muhammad Kece is imprisoned for his religious expression.
On August 24, 2021, authorities arrested Kece, a preacher, at his friend’s home in Bali after accusing him of posting videos on…
Fansan Shahid is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In March 2022, authorities arrested Shahid at his home after he was accused of posting a blasphemous comment on Facebook. Authorities charged…
Ibtisam Mustafa is imprisoned for alleged blasphemy.
On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Mustafa over blasphemy-related accusations.
In July 2021, an anti-terrorism court in…
Farid Zirgi Moghaddam is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In August 2019, intelligence agents detained Moghaddam in Birjand reportedly in relation to posts he made about…
Isma’ila Sani Isah is detained for blasphemy.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Isah in Sokoto State after he was accused of making blasphemous posts against the Prophet Muhammad on…
Tenzin Tharpa is detained for his religious activity.
In June 2020, public security officials in Driru (Biru)…
Wangchug is detained for sharing religious information.
On or around March 8, 2019, authorities in Shigatse (Rikaze…
Lobsang Trinle is imprisoned for adherence to a religious figure.
On July 1, 2021, police in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba…
Jin Liyan is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 27, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Jin in relation to her production and…
Zhuang Youbu is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 1, 2016, police in Ningde municipality, Fujian province, detained Zhuang in relation to her production and…
Nikolay Stepanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 19, 2019, authorities in Vologda detained Stepanov following searches on the homes of…
Wang Jianmin is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On September 4, 2020, authorities in Laiyang detained Wang after catching her distributing Falun Gong leaflets. Police seized other…
Sanaz Tafazoli is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 22, 2022, authorities reportedly arrested Tafazoli in Mashhad in relation to her being Baha'i.
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Mahsa Mohammadi is detained for blasphemy.
On October 30, 2022, authorities reportedly detained Mohammadi, a university student in Sabzevar, over a tweet perceived as blasphemous.…
Ishtiaq Saleem is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In November 2022, authorities in Islamabad arrested Saleem after he was accused of sharing content deemed blasphemous on social media.…
Emil Ziyadinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Ziyadinov among others after searching their…
Aleksey Trofimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Trofimov after searching the homes of several…
Dmitriy Malevaniy is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Malevaniy after searching the homes of several…
Olga Panyuta is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On November 25, 2018, authorities in Spassk-Dalniy detained Panyuta after searching the homes of several Jehovah…
Oybek Khamidov is imprisoned for his religious activities.
On January 17, 2022, authorities arrested Khamidov for allegedly sharing illegal religious materials on social media to his…
Adil Babar is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In May 2023, police arrested Babar and his friend, Simon Nadeem, for allegedly calling a puppy "Muhammad Ali." The police charged Babar with "…
Simon Nadeem is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In May 2023, police arrested Nadeem, a minor, and his friend, Adil Babar, for allegedly calling a puppy "Muhammad Ali." The police charged…
Liu Aihua is imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 7, 2022, Changsha public security authorities detained Liu for distributing Falun Gong materials.
On January 3,…
Dmytro Naukhatsky is under house arrest for his religious activity.
On December 8, 2022, authorities in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Naukhatsky after accusing him of…
Sergey Romanov is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On June 2, 2023, authorities placed Romanov in a temporary detention facility after accusing him of organizing and holding…
Vilen Temerianov is detained for his alleged religious activity.
On August 11, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several Crimean Tatars, including …
Ilfat Galimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On or around November 26, 2019, authorities in the Chelyabinsk region detained Galimov after accusing him of the…
Rustam Khalikov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On or around November 26, 2019, authorities in the Chelyabinsk region detained Khalikov after accusing him of the…
Sajid Ali is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In 2020, authorities arrested Ali after he was accused of insulting various Islamic figures following a religious debate…
Riza Omerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On June 10, 2019, authorities detained Omerov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Enver Omerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On June 10, 2019, authorities detained Omerov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Aider Dzhepparov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On June 10, 2019, authorities detained Dzhepparov after accusing him of being a member of the banned…
Abolfazl Pour-Hosseini is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In June 2023, authorities in Karaj detained Pour-Hosseini reportedly while he was passing out a leaflet about Erfan-e-Halgheh…
Li Fangfang is detained for her religious activity.
On August 3, 2022, authorities from Tiexi district, Shenyang municipality, Liaoning province, detained Li for passing out Falun Gong…
Eduard Sharlot is detained for blasphemy.
On November 22, 2023, authorities detained Sharlot, a musician, at Pulkovo Airport and placed him under administrative arrest. Sharlot's…
Ashfaque Ali is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In January 2025, Judge Tariq Ayub sentenced Ali to death for posting content deemed blasphemous on social media…