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Abune Antonios was placed under house arrest and died in state custody for resisting state-interference in church affairs.
On January 20, 2006, authorities notified Antonios, patriarch of…
Sevada Aghasar was imprisoned for his religious activity and being associated with religious converts.
In August 2013, authorities arrested Aghasar at the workplace of a friend in…
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 …
Junaid Hafeez is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In March 2013, authorities arrested Hafeez, a lecturer…
Khayriddin Dostakov was detained for his alleged religious belief and activity.
On December 29, 2019, authorities arrested Dostakov at the Dushanbe Airport following his return…
Aishanjiang Kari is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Kari, a textile trader, amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in…
Adil Tuniyaz is detained for translating religious texts and for his ethnoreligious identity.
On or around December 25, 2017, …
Erbolat Kusmanuly is under house arrest in relation to his ethnoreligious identity.
On October 27, 2017, local authorities in Altay…
Hemdulla Abdurahman is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In January 2019, authorities detained Abdurahman, a retired linguist who previously worked at the Xinjiang Uyghur…
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…