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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…
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.…
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…
Ilham Tohti is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and activism.
On January 15, 2014, authorities arrested Tohti, an economics professor, after police raided his home and…
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In August 2021, authorities arrested Hashmi after his bail was revoked.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…
Fahad Shah was detained for reporting on religious freedom conditions.
On February 4, 2022, authorities arrested Shah, journalist and editor of the news website The Kashmir Walla,…
Noushin Jafari was imprisoned for blasphemy.
In August 2019, authorities arrested Jafari, a photojournalist and culture reporter, after accusing her of running a Twitter account that…
Shakila Monfared is imprisoned for blasphemy.
In August 2020, security forces arrested Monfared as she was leaving home, reportedly in relation to her social media activism.
In…
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…
Cui Haoxin is detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On January 14, 2020, authorities in Ji’nan municipality, Shandong province, detained Cui, a religious poet,…
Ma Like is detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
In April 2017, authorities in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Ma reportedly…
Ma Zhengxiu is detained for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur…
Lina Lutfiawati is imprisoned for her religious expression.
In May 2023, police charged Lutfiawati with "disseminating information aimed at inflicting hatred or dissension on individuals and…
Asadullo Madraimov is imprisoned for his criticism of religious freedom violations.
In October 2023, Kyrgyz authorities arrested Madraimov for participating in a video that protested…
Mamirzhan Tashmatov was imprisoned for his criticism of religious freedom violations.
On October 18, 2023, Kyrgyz authorities arrested Madraimov for participating in a video that…