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Mohammad bin Hassan al-Habib is imprisoned for his religious expression, leadership role, and religious freedom advocacy.

In July 2016, authorities detained al-Habib, a Shi'a cleric, as he…

Ibrahim El Zakzaky was detained for his religious belief, religious activity, and religious leadership role. 

On December 12, 2015, authorities arrested El Zakzaky, a Shi'a Muslim…

Zeenah Ibraheem was detained for her religious belief and activity.

On December 12, 2015, authorities arrested Ibraheem and her husband, El Zakzaky, a Shi'a Muslim cleric and leader of the…

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…

Amri Che Mat was forcibly disappeared for his religious activity.

On November 24, 2016, Mat, a Shi'a Muslim convert, was abducted while driving to visit a friend. According to…

Erbolat Kusmanuly is under house arrest in relation to his ethnoreligious identity.

On October 27, 2017, local authorities in Altay…

Abdujelil Hajim is detained for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained several Uyghur…

Rejepniyaz Hebibulla is detained for his ethnoreligious identity and religiously oriented business. 

In late 2017 or early 2018, authorities detained Hebibulla and sent him to an…

Nurmemet Memetimin is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious activity. 

In May 2018, authorities detained Memetimin and sent him to an internment camp reportedly in…

Qurbanjan Abdusemet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religiously oriented business activity. 

In 2009, authorities detained Abdusemet and his brother reportedly for…

Merdan Seyitahun is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Seyitakhun,…

Seydehmet Awut was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Awut, reportedly for…

Erkin Emet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Emet, reportedly for teaching…

Abdujelil Abdughopur was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 14, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including …

Abdulitip Ablimit was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On June 5, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Ablimit,…

Mewlanjan Ehmet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On March 29, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Ehmet, reportedly for…

Dolqun Erkin was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 16, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Erkin, reportedly for…

Omerjan Memet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On May 7, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Memet, reportedly for…

Mutellip Rozi was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and for teaching religion.

On April 16, 2008, Ghulja county police detained 12 Uyghur men, including Rozi, reportedly…

Tursun Qawul is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On October 9, 2017, authorities reportedly detained Qawul for attending an illegal religious gathering and…

Memet Ablet is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious activity.

In early 2018,authorities arrested Ablet, a businessperson and shop owner, reportedly in relation to his…

Jume Nasir is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In July 2016, authorities detained Nasir reportedly for praying inside his business. Additional reasons…

Nurgul is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Nurgul along with…

Shemshidin is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Shemshidin along with…

Iminjan is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Iminjan, the owner of a…

Nurbiye is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities in Atush (Atushi) city, Kizilsu (Kezilesu) Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang…

Dadihan is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities in Atush (Atushi) city, Kizilsu (Kezilesu) Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture,…

Memet Salih is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2017, public security officials in Urumqi Municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)…

Yasin Tursun is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In 2017, authorities detained Tursan, a farmer and Communist Party member, reportedly for "…

Ablimit Abdurahman was imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On an unspecified date, authorities detained Abdurahman reportedly for listening to religious…

Mehmet Abdulla Enver was imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

On an unspecified date, authorities detained Enver reportedly for "listening to a religious…

Erkin Tursun is imprisoned for his religious activity and religious and ethnic identity.

In 2017, public security officials in Qaraqash (Moyu) County, Hotan (Hetian) Prefecture,…

Ziyawudun Choruq is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

On an unknown date in 2017, authorities in Korla (Ku’erle) city, Bayangol (Bayinguoleng) Mongol…

Qelbinur Tohti is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In August 2017, public security officials in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous…

Tursun Hoshur is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity. 

In July 2017, public security authorities in Shaptul township, Peyziwat (Jiashi) county,…

Gheni Haji is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.

In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Haji and…

Memet Tursun Haji is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.

In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Haji,…

Imin Hajim is imprisoned for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.

In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Hajim, …

Akram Eslam is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity. 

In February 2018, authorities reportedly detained Eslam, a vice principle, in relation to his religiosity and Islamic…

Abliz Tohti is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious activity. 

In May 2017, authorities arrested Tohti alongside 15 other men reportedly on the charge of “illegal…

Aisha al-Muhajiri is detained for her religious activity.

In February 2021, police raided al-Muhajiri's home in Mecca and detained her for preaching and giving Qur'an lessons at her home.…

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…

Elvin Muradov was imprisoned for his religious activity and association.

On March 13, 2020, Azerbaijani police detained Muradov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…

Umar Gautam is detained for his religious activity.

In June 2021, authorities arrested Gautam, a Muslim convert, Islamic scholar, and founder of the Islamic Da’…

Qazi Jahangir Qasmi is detained for his religious activity. 

In June 2021, authorities arrested Qasmi, an Islamic cleric and employee at the Islamic Da’wah…

Kaleem Siddiqui was detained in relation to his religious belief and activity.

On September 21, 2021, authorities arrested Siddiqui, an Islamic scholar and…

Abdullah Gautam is detained for his religious activity.

In November 2021, authorities arrested Gautam after accusing him of being involved in the alleged forced conversion efforts of his…

Rozimemet Atawulla is detained for his religious belief and activity.

In March 2017, Atawulla was detained for "religious extremism" and sent to a "political reeducation" center. His…

Adiljan is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Adiljan, who worked for a…

Muzaffar Davlatmirov was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On July 26, 2022, authorities in Gorno-Badakhshan Region (GBAO) detained Davlatmirov, a prominent cleric, reportedly for…

Elshan Abbasov was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On March 3, 2022, plainclothes officers in Barda arrested Abbasov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM).  Activists…

Shamkhal Eyvazov was detained for his religious activity.

In April 2018, customs officials arrested Eyvazov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), and his brother, Migdad Eyvazov,…

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…

Mou Guojian is detained for his religious belief and activity.

In March 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur…

Shahin Gadirov is imprisoned for his religious association.

On November 23, 2022, Azerbaijani authorities arrested Gadirov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), on his…

Vusal Alish is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In March 2023, authorities arrested Alish, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, along with 30 others, accusing them of…

Ismayil Ismayilov is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In March 2023, authorities arrested Ismayilov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, along with 30 others,…

Rashad Aliyev is imprisoned for his religious association.

In January 2023, authorities arrested Aliyev, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a deterioration of…

Javid Allahverdiyev is imprisoned for his religious association.

In March 2023, authorities arrested Allahverdiyev, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a…

Aslan Gasimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In June 2023, authorities arrested Gasimov amid a deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and a crackdown on…

Khayyam Karimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.

In January 2023, authorities arrested Karimov amid a deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and a…