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Raif Badawi was imprisoned for his religious freedom advoacy, expression about religion, and for criticizing religious authorities.
In June 2012, authorities arrested Badawi, a…
Ashraf Fayadh was imprisoned for apostasy.
In August 2013, authorities arrested Fayadh, a Palestinian poet and artist living in Saudi Arabia, following an altercation with a man in …
Aramais Avakian was imprisoned in relation to his religious identity.
On September 4, 2015, authorities arrested Avakian, a Christian fish farmer, after being accusing him of being an…
Ruhiddin Fahriddinov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In November 2005, Kazakh authorities detained and deported Fahriddinov, a scholar and independent imam, to Uzbekistan.…
Usman Darvyshov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 18, 2009, Uzbek security services detained Darvyshov, a boxing coach at an athletics school and resident…
Tohir Djumanov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On August 6, 1999, authorities arrested Djumanov in Tashkent after accusing him of distributing Hizb ut-Tahrir literature.
…Ravshan Kosimov was imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.
In 2008, security services arrested Kosimov, a soldier who studied on an exchange program at the U.S. military…
Avaz Tokhtakhodjaev was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 26, 1999, security service agents arrested Tokhtakhodjaev, an economist, from his home in Tashkent…
Nematullo Ibragimov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Ibragimov, a resident of Namangan, after accusing him of being a “Wahhabi” due…
Muhammad Abdukarimovich Rashidov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2018, authorities arrested Rashidov, a Tashkent resident, reportedly for…
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…
Jahongir Kamolov was imprisoned for an alleged religious affiliation.
On May 18, 2000, police arrested Kamolov in Tashkent for allegedly being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir. He was reportedly…
Ibrohim Kholmatov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2000, authorities arrested Kholmatov and charged him with “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order” (Art.…
Alisher Muminov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 26, 2016, authorities arrested Muminov, a resident of Margilon, in Tashkent and charged him with “attempts to overthrow…
Ubaydulla Murtazoyev was imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
On September 5, 2019, authorities detained Murtazoyev for allegedly storing with the purpose of distributing…
Azimjon Abdusamatov was imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
Between August and October 2019, authorities originally arrested Abdusamatov alongside seven others for…
Iskandar Iskandarov was imprisoned for gathering to discuss his religion.
In January 2020, authorities reportedly arrested Iskandarov for meeting with others to talk about Islam. …
Akbar Absalov was imprisoned for gathering to discuss his religion.
In January 2020, authorities reportedly arrested Absalov for meeting with others to talk about Islam. Prosecutors…
Farrukh Yuldashev was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2000, authorities arrested Yuldashev during waves of arrests of Muslims following the February 1999 Tashkent bombings.…
Muhamadjon Akhmadjonov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On May 20, 2017, Akhmadjonov was sentenced to 13 years in prison for “resistance to a government…
Ravshan Karimov was imprisoned for an alleged religious affiliation.
On May 22, 2000, the Tashkent City Court sentenced Karimov to 13 years in prison on various criminal statutes,…
Jamshidbek Iboydullaevich Atabekov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 30, 1998, the Jizzakh City Court convicted Atabekov of "illegal production, purchase, storage, and…
Shamsiddin Giyasov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On January 4, 2002, the Tashkent City Court sentenced Giyasov to six years and six months in prison for “…
Rustam Nosirov was imprisoned in relation to his religious appearance.
On September 30, 1998, the Chinaz District Court sentenced Nosirov to two years in prison for "intentional infliction…
Zabikhullo Muminov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 1999, authorities arrested Muminov following the aftermath of the Tashkent bombings. His family reported that police…
Ali al-Nimr was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.
In July 2012, authorities detained Al-Nimr, the nephew of prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-…
Dawood al-Marhoun was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.
On May 21, 2012, authorities arrested al-Marhoun, who was 17 years old at the time…
Abdullah al-Zaher was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.
In March 2012, authorities detained al-Zaher, 15 years old at the time, for…
Mohammed al-Rabiah is imprisoned for his activism against state imposed religious systems.
On May 15, 2018, authorities arrested al-Rabiah amid a statewide crackdown on women's rights…
Erkinjon Oripov was imprisoned in relation to his religious activity.
On August 8, 2000, the Tashkent’s Shaykhontakhur District Court sentenced Oripov to nine years in prison for “…
Mukhiddin Jalolov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Jalolov amid mass arrests of Muslims following the …
Otabek Madaminov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 5, 1999, the Shakhrikhan District Court in the Andijan region sentenced Madaminov to 12 years and six months in…
Sardorbek Irgashev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
For several years prior to their arrest, Irgashev, his father, Mukhitdin Irgashev, and his brother, Otabek…
Otabek Irgashev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 1, 2015, officers arrested Irgashev and his father in Bukhara, charging them first with administrative…
Kadyr Yusupov was mistreated in prison for fighting for prisoner religious freedom rights and his religious activity.
In or around December 2018, authorities arrested Yusupov, who…
Turnazar Boymatov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 27, 2000, a Surkhandaryo Region Court sentenced Boymatov to nine years in prison for “attempts to overthrow the…
Mashrap Rabiev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On May 20, 2003, a court in the Surkhandaryo region sentenced Rabiev to nine years for “attempts to…
Shukhrat Usmanov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On May 21, 1999, the Tashkent Region Court sentenced Usmanov to 12 years in prison for “attempts to overthrow the…
Umid Boltaboev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
Between 2000 and 2001, authorities arrested Boltaboev on charges related to his religious belief. The details of his…
Umar Nishonbaev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2000/2001, authorities arrested Nishonbaev reportedly in relation to his religious belief and activity.…
Jamoliddin Khaidarov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2000/2001, Khaidarov was initially imprisoned. The date of his arrest, charges, and details of his…
Dilmurod Tuleev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2000/2001, Tuleev was imprisoned on religiously motivated charges. His date of arrest, charges, and…
Ismon Usinbaev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
The charges and details of his original sentence are unknown.
In August 2008, the Fergana…
Ikromjon Akhmajonov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2004, the Fergana Region Court sentenced Akhmajonov to 11 years in prison for “attempts to…
Azizjon Bannopov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2001, the Margilon City Court sentenced Bannopov to nine years in prison for “attempts to…
Odilkhoja Dadakhojaev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2000, the Margilon City Court sentenced Dadakhojaev to six years in prison for "attempts to…
Kobiljon Zokirov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2000, the Andijan City Court sentenced Zokirov to 17 years in prison on several criminal statutes…
Husnitdin Umaraliev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In July 1999, authorities arrested Umaraliev when he filed a report with the military prosecutor'…
Avazjon Umurzakov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On March 25, 1999, Umurzakov was detained under unknown circumstances.
On August 5,…
Ahmadjon Madumarov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On February 16, 2003, the Fergana Region Court sentenced Madumarov to 11 years in prison for “…
Ulugbek Nasimov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In May 2005, the Samarkand Region Court sentenced Nasimov to five years in prison for “attempts to overthrow the…
Shavkat Khakimov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2004, the Urgut District Court sentenced Khakimov to seven years in prison “attempts to overthrow the…
Murtaja Qureiris was imprisoned for his religious identity and for protesting religious discrimination.
On September 20, 2014, authorities arrested Qureiris, who was 13 years old at the…
Lina Alsharif was detained in relation to religious freedom advocacy.
In May 2021, officials from the Saudi Presidency of State Security raided Alsharif’s home in Riyadh, arrested her, and…
Aimidoula Waili was detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In November 2020, Saudi Arabian authorities arrested Waili, a Uyghur Muslim and religious scholar, following an extradition…
Nuermaimaiti Ruze was detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In November 2020, Saudi Arabian authorities arrested Ruze, a Uyghur Muslim, following an extradition request from the Chinese…
Buheliqiemu Abula was detained for her ethnoreligious identity.
In March 2022, Saudi Arabian authorities detained Abula, a Uyghur Muslim, and threatened her with deportation to China.
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Asmaa al-Subaie is detained for her women’s rights activism critical of state-imposed religious systems.
In June 2021, authorities affiliated with the Presidency of State Security arrested…
Salma al-Shehab was imprisoned for her women's rights activism opposing state-imposed religious systems as well as her religious identity.
On January 15, 2021, authorities arrested al-…
Bobirjon Tukhtamurodov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On April 11, 2022, Uzbek authorities arrested Tukhtamurodov at Tashkent airport after he arrived from Russia. …
Jahongir Ulugmurodov was imprisoned for his religious activities.
On an unspecified date, authorities detained Ulugmurodov for downloading and sharing a religious song with some classmates…
Assad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi was sentenced on religious-based charges related to social media activity criticizing the Saudi government, including the authorities’ sidelining of the Saudi religious…