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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 seized…

Khurram Parvez is detained for his human rights work.

On November 22, 2021, authorities arrested Parvez, a Muslim human rights advocate that has been critical of the ruling Bhartiya Janata…

Nasir Ahmad is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

On March 22, 2017, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of uploading blasphemous videos to YouTube.

On…

Muhammad Ishaq was detained for blasphemy.

On December 27, 2019, authorities arrested Ishaq and his friend, Shahbaz Masih, and charged them with "desecrating the Qur'an" (Sec. 295-B PPC…

Muhammad Islam is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy. 

On April 7, 2019, authorities arrested Islam, a tailor, following a dispute with a pair of colleagues, in which Islam…

Aisha al-Muhajiri is detained for her religious activity and instruction.

On February 15, 2021, police raided al-Muhajiri's home in Mecca and detained her reportedly for preaching and…

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…

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…

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-…

Abdurazzak Shamseden is imprisoned in relation to his ethnoreligious identity. 

On April 18, 1998, authorities detained Shamseden after his nephew, Hammat Muhemmet, and other Uyghur youths…