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Kamile Wayit is detained in relation to her ethnoreligious identity and her brother's human rights work.

On December 12, 2022, authorities in Atush (Atushi) city, Kizilsu (Kezilesu) Kyrgyz…

Mou Guojian is detained for his religious belief and activity.

In March 2018, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur…

Ma Zhengxiu is detained for his religious belief and activity.

In April 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur…

Ma Like is detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

In April 2017, authorities in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Ma reportedly for “…

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, reportedly…

Rehmutulla Semet is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.

In 2018, authorities arrested Semet, the owner of the Tengge Tagh Hotel and a real estate company, and other Uyghur…

Renagul Gheni is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity and religious activity.

In 2018, authorities in Cherchen…

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…

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…

Yasaman Ariani was imprisoned for her women’s rights activism against compulsory religious veiling.

In April 2019, authorities arrested Ariani for protesting compulsory hijab after she was…