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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…
Turdimemet Jappar is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On May 28, 2018, Jappar was sent to Qaraqash No. 4 Camp reportedly in relation to his…
Abduqadir is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Abduqadir under unclear circumstances. The uncle of Abduqadir's wife reportedly said that…
Abdueziz Yasin is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Yasin under unclear circumstances. Yasin's uncle reportedly said that some of his relatives were…
Ablimit Abdurahman was imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On an unspecified date, authorities detained Abdurahman reportedly for listening to religious…
Hornisaxan Osman is detained for her ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Osman and her two sons and sent them to a…
Ershat Abdureshit is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Abdureshit, his brother, and mother and sent…
Erpan Abdureshit is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Abdureshit, his brother, and mother and sent…
Aytorem Turdi is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In November 2017, public security officials in Aksu city, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous…
Dilmurat Emer is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In November 2017, authorities detained Emer and sent him to a "political reeducation" center. Several…
Exmet Turdi is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In July 2017, authorities detained Turdi, a wool and hide trader, under unclear circumstances. His arrest…
Amangul Aydek is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity.
In June 2017, authorities detained Aydek, a food vendor, under unclear circumstances. Her arrest came amid mass detentions of…
Abdureshit Turdi is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Turdi amid mass…
Nurnisa Turdi is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities detained Turdi and several of family members and sent them to a "…
Shehide Imin is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities detained Imin and several of family members and sent them to a "political…
Eltekin Imin is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities detained Imin and several of his family members and sent them to a "political…
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…
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,…
Emerjan is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities detained Emerjan and several of family members and sent them to a "political…
Abdulla Abdurahman was imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
On an unspecified date, authorities detained Abdurahman reportedly for listening to religious…
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…
Renagul Gheni is imprisoned for her ethnoreligious identity and religious activity.
In 2018, authorities in Cherchen…
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…